Where Does It End?

Oh. My. God.. Non-denominational Higher Being Who May or May Not Exist. Stars.

Seriously, is it that difficult to exercise some common sense? There's political correctness and then there's this nonsense...

A California teacher has been barred by his school from giving students documents from American history that refer to God -- including the Declaration of Independence.

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"It's a fact of American history that our founders were religious men, and to hide this fact from young fifth-graders in the name of political correctness is outrageous and shameful," said Williams' attorney, Terry Thompson.

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Williams asserts in the lawsuit that since May he has been required to submit all of his lesson plans and supplemental handouts to Vidmar for approval, and that the principal will not permit him to use any that contain references to God or Christianity.

Among the materials she has rejected, according to Williams, are excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, George Washington's journal, John Adams' diary, Samuel Adams' "The Rights of the Colonists" and William Penn's "The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania."

(Seen at Laurence Simon's.)

Now, it is possible that the teacher is a complete wackadoo...but no matter how he's presenting the information, the banning of the Declaration in a history class raises some serious questions.

Posted by Jennifer at November 24, 2004 09:05 PM