Despite pressure from progressives who would like to change Texas history, that state’s board of education has held firm.
An unelected work group has again made radical recommendations for the Texas school curriculum. Among those recommendations: remove the word “heroic” from the description of the Alamo defenders, remove all references to America’s Judeo-Christian heritage and legal tradition – and fully remove references to the Old Testament prophet Moses as a historical figure related to law and government.
Texas Values president Jonathan Saenz tells OneNewsNow that this isn’t the first time liberals have tried to rewrite history. And this time, the State Board of Education (SBOE) voted to restore key elements of history in a preliminary vote.
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values) “This is the third time in recent years that liberal activists have tried to rewrite how history is taught in Texas schools when it comes to Christian heritage, when it comes to issues like Moses having an impact on law and government obviously related to the 10 Commandments,” he explains. “And those liberal activists lost again.”
Saenz fully expects the work group to badger SBOE members until the final vote.
“The State Board of Education rejected the efforts to rewrite history and they’re continuing to reflect an accurate version of history, and that’s going to be helpful,” he offers. “But there will be pressure on elected State Board of Education members between now and the final vote in November.”
According to Texas Values, the suggested changes were so disconcerting that even Governor Greg Abbott tweeted his support for maintaining the status quo in history, saying:
“Eliminating Moses as one of our law-givers is contrary to factual history and to #SCOTUS precedent. I successfully defended the Ten Commandments on the Capitol Grounds arguing that they were formative to our laws. Moses & the Commandments are in the #SCOTUS Building.”
Written by Bob Kellog and published by One News NOW ~ October 1, 2018
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Hurrah for those quote HEROIC un-quote State Board of Education defenders of both World history, and Texas history!
The definition of ‘ heroism ‘ applies, not equally, but appropriately to both the Texans at the Alamo, and the State Board of Education members who voted ‘No! It stands as is!’. In the face of over-whelming opposition, they’ve stood their ground; true to themselves and to their fellow-men, world-wide.
Even if the Texas Board had folded…, even if America’s Supreme Court (which ISN’T, not actually) had struck heritage down and foisted up some ragged, dusty corpse of a decision instead of the Real history, The Truth, crushed to Earth, would rise again.
Burke and I commend these Good men and women of the Texas Board of Education for doing what was Right to do.
There is Hope for us all, when people like those Texans, and I mean both those today and those from Our History, still breathe.
Long Live The Republic!