Susan Myers
In American Civil Liberties Union’s actions, have you noticed that they stridently demand that students and teachers be “protected” from the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer, the Bible, evidence for creation, and the Ten Commandments at the same time as they force pornography, sodomy, and LGBT upon the public school system?
These horrible perversions that we wince at as adults are being forced upon our children. Here are just a very few examples: Schools pressured into restoring student access to gay Web sites! Government pressed to stopping the funding of abstinence education. School officials threatened into not telling students’ parents about their gay lifestyles! Students taught to frighten school officials into sanctioning gay dates at proms! Same-sex marriage argued over majority opinion in the courts. Abortion equated with birth control for students! Schools mandated to have mixed sex education classes. School districts manipulated into ending teacher drug testing.
Effective manipulators of our founding principles, ACLU lawyers—these “great defenders of liberty”— seem to be purposefully defiling and destroying the future of our country, not only its laws but our educational system along with real children and young people.
Why is that? The truth is summed up in a quote from their own founder, Roger Baldwin: “We are for socialism, disarmament and ultimately for abolishing the state itself…we seek the social ownership of property…and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.” If they can enslave the future citizens of our country while they are young to sin at its most vile and also strip them of the enlightening truth of God’s Word and the Gospel and the power made available through prayer, they have no will to be free and no sight to realize the fact.
What can we do? Educate ourselves and then reveal the truth about this deceitfully named and subversively active group to others. We must protect our children and urge others to protect theirs. Intercede on our country’s behalf, and support organizations that are fighting for our rights and the future of our country.
Liberty Counsel is seeking "to mobilize at least one hundred thousand citizens who will stand against the ACLU and its despicable actions." Identify yourself as being against that insidious agenda. Expose and defeat it. Place your signature on this national petition and the Liberty Counsel promises that you will be "represented in official court briefs, memorandums, and other documents on cases involving attacks by the ACLU on our religious freedom and traditional values."
Friday, July 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Six Very Capable SBOE Members from which Governor Perry May Choose the Next Chairman
Donna Garner
Kathy Miller, head of Texas Freedom Network,led the effort in this last legislative effort to take all authority away from the elected State Board of Education! She and her organization working with other leftwing groups and Rep. Donna Howard, member of the TFN board, filed fifteen anti-SBOE bills.
The only success that Kathy Miller had was in influencing eleven Democrat Senators to vote against the confirmation of Don McLeroy by raising fake allegations. Because of the two-thirds rule in the senate, the eleven Democrats held out over the nineteen Republicans who voted solidly for McLeroy, and he was not confirmed.
Now poor Kathy Miller is quite worried that Governor Perry will appoint an equally conservative SBOE chair. I believe her worst fears will be realized. Governor Perry knows on a personal level how unscrupulous TFN can be since they tried to win litigation against him with the IRS and failed.
The good news is that there are six capable and very committed SBOE members from whom Perry can choose; all would do a wonderful job leading our state toward education reform. Governor Perry could not go wrong by choosing any of the six: Terri Leo, Cynthia Dunbar, David Bradley, Gail Lowe, Barbara Cargill, or Ken Mercer.
News stories show that lawyer Cynthia Dunbar is very likable, capable, and conservative and may be just what the doctor ordered, to the consternation of those who engineered the recent ouster of former State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy.
Kathy Miller, head of Texas Freedom Network,led the effort in this last legislative effort to take all authority away from the elected State Board of Education! She and her organization working with other leftwing groups and Rep. Donna Howard, member of the TFN board, filed fifteen anti-SBOE bills.
The only success that Kathy Miller had was in influencing eleven Democrat Senators to vote against the confirmation of Don McLeroy by raising fake allegations. Because of the two-thirds rule in the senate, the eleven Democrats held out over the nineteen Republicans who voted solidly for McLeroy, and he was not confirmed.
Now poor Kathy Miller is quite worried that Governor Perry will appoint an equally conservative SBOE chair. I believe her worst fears will be realized. Governor Perry knows on a personal level how unscrupulous TFN can be since they tried to win litigation against him with the IRS and failed.
The good news is that there are six capable and very committed SBOE members from whom Perry can choose; all would do a wonderful job leading our state toward education reform. Governor Perry could not go wrong by choosing any of the six: Terri Leo, Cynthia Dunbar, David Bradley, Gail Lowe, Barbara Cargill, or Ken Mercer.
News stories show that lawyer Cynthia Dunbar is very likable, capable, and conservative and may be just what the doctor ordered, to the consternation of those who engineered the recent ouster of former State Board of Education Chairman Don McLeroy.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Special Alert
Donna Garner
The National Education Association (NEA)—the nation’s largest teachers’ union with more than three million members—could be poised to vote on a brazen endorsement of gay marriage at its annual convention in San Diego this weekend, according to sources attending the convention.
NEA members obtained a draft of a proposed business item that declares the organization’s support of legal recognition to same-sex couples, which would amount to an endorsement of gay marriage and civil unions. The draft proposal also goes so far as to openly declare support of efforts to “repeal any federal legislation.” This appears to be a reference to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents states from being forced to recognize same-sex unions performed outside their borders.
The draft version also declares that the NEA would support efforts to oppose constitutional amendments—a less-than-subtle reference to measures like Proposition 8, a law in California recently upheld by the state’s highest court, defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.
NEA caucus members could vote on the issue as early as Friday.
Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said this represents an adult, political agenda that has nothing to do with education or a child’s best interest.
“This is especially egregious when you consider that teachers in California contributed more to support the traditional, man-woman marriage amendment than they did to defeat it,” she said. “If the NEA is so brazen to use its resources to push government-sanctioned same-sex unions—and oppose voter-supported traditional marriage laws—this would unnecessarily alienate a large portion of its members, not to mention contradict the viewpoints of a majority of the public whose tax money funds public schools.”
Sissy Jochmann, (from Moon Twp. PA) leader of the Conservative Educators Caucus of the NEA, said this action item is not what’s best for future generations.
“Over the years, we’ve been involved in the union to be a voice for conservative values we believe in. We know that even though we’re a small group, we represent a much larger group of teachers throughout the country.”
Jeralee Smith, a founder of the Conservative Educators Caucus, said the focus needs to be on education, not politics.
“I believe if the union could get out of the far left agenda and just focus on education that it would be a great boon to society,” she said. “But I believe it tears society down with some of the efforts that it extends.”
TAKE ACTION
Contact the NEA pressroom at 1-619-525-6377 and ask them to reject any proposed business items calling for legal recognition of same-sex unions.
You can also contact the NEA state affiliates through their Web site.
The National Education Association (NEA)—the nation’s largest teachers’ union with more than three million members—could be poised to vote on a brazen endorsement of gay marriage at its annual convention in San Diego this weekend, according to sources attending the convention.
NEA members obtained a draft of a proposed business item that declares the organization’s support of legal recognition to same-sex couples, which would amount to an endorsement of gay marriage and civil unions. The draft proposal also goes so far as to openly declare support of efforts to “repeal any federal legislation.” This appears to be a reference to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents states from being forced to recognize same-sex unions performed outside their borders.
The draft version also declares that the NEA would support efforts to oppose constitutional amendments—a less-than-subtle reference to measures like Proposition 8, a law in California recently upheld by the state’s highest court, defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.
NEA caucus members could vote on the issue as early as Friday.
Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said this represents an adult, political agenda that has nothing to do with education or a child’s best interest.
“This is especially egregious when you consider that teachers in California contributed more to support the traditional, man-woman marriage amendment than they did to defeat it,” she said. “If the NEA is so brazen to use its resources to push government-sanctioned same-sex unions—and oppose voter-supported traditional marriage laws—this would unnecessarily alienate a large portion of its members, not to mention contradict the viewpoints of a majority of the public whose tax money funds public schools.”
Sissy Jochmann, (from Moon Twp. PA) leader of the Conservative Educators Caucus of the NEA, said this action item is not what’s best for future generations.
“Over the years, we’ve been involved in the union to be a voice for conservative values we believe in. We know that even though we’re a small group, we represent a much larger group of teachers throughout the country.”
Jeralee Smith, a founder of the Conservative Educators Caucus, said the focus needs to be on education, not politics.
“I believe if the union could get out of the far left agenda and just focus on education that it would be a great boon to society,” she said. “But I believe it tears society down with some of the efforts that it extends.”
TAKE ACTION
Contact the NEA pressroom at 1-619-525-6377 and ask them to reject any proposed business items calling for legal recognition of same-sex unions.
You can also contact the NEA state affiliates through their Web site.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Governor Perry Signs HB 4294
Donna Garner
It sounds like another one of those typical political compromises to me, and I am terribly disappointed in Gov. Perry.
Besides the issue of the authority of the elected State Board of Education, what about the fact that laptops/digitized textbooks have not been proven to increase students’ academic achievement?
What about the many other objections that I pointed out in my public testimony before the Senate Education Committee? Gov. Perry’s support of HB 4294 does nothing to satisfy those objections.
What about the ongoing cost of providing, updating, and maintaining the technology? Taxpayers are still going to bear the brunt of HB 4294, and teachers will be the ones left to try to clean up the discipline problems, etc, that will occur in their classes. Perry was just trying to satisfy the tech vendors, but our public school taxes should not be spent to employ more tech vendors. The Permanent School Fund will be drained in a few years because of this bad decision by Gov. Perry and the Legislature while the public’s school taxes will increase.
Texas schools cannot possibly employ enough technology specialists to keep all of this technology running for immature students who care nothing about being personally responsible about taking care of their “tech toys.” The breakdowns in computer systems, hardware/software problems, and computer glitches will make it impossible for teachers to hold students responsible for doing their homework and finishing their assignments on time.
Meanwhile, Gov. Perry and the Legislators will go merrily on their way while parents will find their children falling prey to the dangers of the Internet and educators will be left to manage all of the inherent technology problems that occur.
The executive order that Gov. Perry attached to the bill does preserve at least a vestige of authority over the digitized textbooks by the elected SBOE members. The problem with an executive order is that it can be rescinded by the next governor. Also, so long as we have Commissioner Robert Scott in place, we can trust him to work closely with the SBOE; but should a new commissioner be appointed by a new governor or should Commissioner Scott ever resign, HB 4294 could take a completely different turn.
It sounds like another one of those typical political compromises to me, and I am terribly disappointed in Gov. Perry.
Besides the issue of the authority of the elected State Board of Education, what about the fact that laptops/digitized textbooks have not been proven to increase students’ academic achievement?
What about the many other objections that I pointed out in my public testimony before the Senate Education Committee? Gov. Perry’s support of HB 4294 does nothing to satisfy those objections.
What about the ongoing cost of providing, updating, and maintaining the technology? Taxpayers are still going to bear the brunt of HB 4294, and teachers will be the ones left to try to clean up the discipline problems, etc, that will occur in their classes. Perry was just trying to satisfy the tech vendors, but our public school taxes should not be spent to employ more tech vendors. The Permanent School Fund will be drained in a few years because of this bad decision by Gov. Perry and the Legislature while the public’s school taxes will increase.
Texas schools cannot possibly employ enough technology specialists to keep all of this technology running for immature students who care nothing about being personally responsible about taking care of their “tech toys.” The breakdowns in computer systems, hardware/software problems, and computer glitches will make it impossible for teachers to hold students responsible for doing their homework and finishing their assignments on time.
Meanwhile, Gov. Perry and the Legislators will go merrily on their way while parents will find their children falling prey to the dangers of the Internet and educators will be left to manage all of the inherent technology problems that occur.
The executive order that Gov. Perry attached to the bill does preserve at least a vestige of authority over the digitized textbooks by the elected SBOE members. The problem with an executive order is that it can be rescinded by the next governor. Also, so long as we have Commissioner Robert Scott in place, we can trust him to work closely with the SBOE; but should a new commissioner be appointed by a new governor or should Commissioner Scott ever resign, HB 4294 could take a completely different turn.
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