No same-sex marriage in Texas textbooks

GateandGarden · #1 11-06-2004, 06:41 PM

"My bottom line opinion is it's irresponsible," Ellis said. "There comes a time when you need to put your own agenda aside and do what's best for youth."

What is best? Teaching them bigotry early on? Ugh. What is happening to this country?

Hillary

estranged4life · #2 11-06-2004, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

What is best? Teaching them bigotry early on? Ugh. What is happening to this country?

Hillary

recently sang "What's the World Coming To?

Brian j.

amber · #3 11-06-2004, 08:01 PM

too...much...digusting BS....for...brain...to....handle...

Johnny Stew · #4 11-06-2004, 08:38 PM

I wonder if Terri Leo has a problem with Black History month, too.
God knows we're supposed to erase any mention of those who don't look, dress, talk and worship exactly like we do.

dissention · #5 11-06-2004, 10:15 PM

There was a music teacher a couple cities over from me who told her first grade class that John Kerry killed babies by shoving a vaccum into the mother and sucking it out until it choked to death. She got reprimanded.

Aparrently, this has been a coordinated thing across the country, too.

Jason T. · #6 11-06-2004, 10:36 PM

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Teaching them bigotry early on? Ugh. What is happening to this country?

Hillary[/COLOR]

In defense of my State, Texas has been teaching kids bigotry for years. Secondly, this only means one thing: That when the teachers express their anti-gay views, it will be backed up by the texts as well. If anything, it makes studying and knowing the answer they want you to put on a test a whole lot easier.

Finally, is anyone really shocked by this?

GateandGarden · #7 11-06-2004, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason T.

In defense of my State, Texas has been teaching kids bigotry for years. Secondly, this only means one thing: That when the teachers express their anti-gay views, it will be backed up by the texts as well. If anything, it makes studying and knowing the answer they want you to put on a test a whole lot easier.

Finally, is anyone really shocked by this?

No, I'm not really shocked. But it's kind of like what Amber said--it's too much bull**** for my head to take at once without exploding. But, I have to say that LA is probably worse than Texas. Well, that's just an assumption. But I was taught in high school that homosexuality was wrong. My teacher literally said, "That is not my opinion--it is a fact. Homosexuality is wrong and it's not normal."

So, well, I'm not surprised, at least.

Hillary

Hawkeye · #8 11-07-2004, 12:02 AM

Texas is by far my favorite state. Yeah and I know one of you is going to say I'm not suprised, but really I'm not anti gay. I just Love Texas, specifically the Dallas area. And the world's largest water park is in Texas. So I just have to defend the great state of Texas

And if some of you don't like it becuase you think it's full of bigotry, I'd say Louisiana and Kentucky are worse.

amber · #9 11-07-2004, 12:32 AM

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Texas

= And if some of you don't like it becuase you think it's full of bigotry, I'd say Louisiana and Kentucky are worse.

I think i smell a new State Motto...

GateandGarden · #10 11-07-2004, 09:40 AM

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I think i smell a new State Motto...

Reminds me of when people say "Vermont, the other, smaller Wisconsin." Okay, that wasn't "people," it was "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and yours was funnier. Oh well. I give up. Like I've ever even been to either one of those places.

Hillary

amber · #11 11-07-2004, 02:50 PM

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Reminds me of when people say "Vermont, the other, smaller Wisconsin." Okay, that wasn't "people," it was "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and yours was funnier. Oh well. I give up. Like I've ever even been to either one of those places.

Hillary

No, don't give up, that was funny.

I didn't remember that one, but MST3K can't be beat...