Madfloridian's Journal - Texas school board member tells parents to "kiss my butt" over religious class.

Texas folks, not picking on you....promise. I am proud of your efforts to rid yourselves of Speaker Craddick. I watched part of that battle on line the other night...it was great. But as a retired teacher, I find this interesting and scary. It is going on here as well.

But since tough guy Chuck Norris is supporting this class as well, it just gets more and more interesting. "Kiss my butt"?

From Right Wing Watch at PFAW...amazing story.

Texas School District Official: 'Take That You Dang Heathens'

L.V. “Butch” Foreman, a member of the Ector County school board in Odessa, Texas, has three words for parents who say the district’s Bible course crosses the line: “kiss my butt.” Said Foreman

“If they don’t have children in the class, they can kiss my butt,” Foreman said. “They’re just looking to impose their beliefs and their views on everybody, and we don’t put up with that crap out here.”

If the plaintiffs did have children enrolled in the classes, then Foreman said he would tell the students to drop the class and take another course since it’s an elective.

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit over this. The program is based on views from Jesse Helms, Tony Perkings, and has the support of Chuck Norris.The ACLU claims it is like teaching a Sunday School Class right in the school room. It does not present the Bible objectively, but teaches it as history.

More about Chuck Norris involvement.

Unbeatable Martial-Arts Thespian Lends Fist to Bible-in-Schools Campaign

Chuck Norris, star of TV’s “Walker, Texas Ranger” as well as films including “Missing in Action” and “Delta Force 2,” and his wife Gena have joined the board of directors of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS):

“We receive a lot of requests to get behind a lot of things, but it took us only a few minutes to know that we were to stand behind this important work,” the Norrises said. Mr. and Mrs. Norris are featured in a popular television public service announcement that encourages citizens to bring the Bible back to America’s public schools as an available elective course of study. The announcements are aired on several national networks."

The Norris announcements inform viewers that they can call the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) to receive information on how any citizen can help their local school board implement the NCBCPS curriculum.

As People For the American Way Foundation’s research has revealed, the goal of NCBCPS is not to improve students’ understanding of history and literature, but to promote Christian doctrine in public schools – unlike other Bible curricula such as the Bible Literacy Project. In fact, a Florida court found that NCBCPS taught religious matters – such as miracles and Jesus’ resurrection – as historical fact, and held its New Testament section in violation of the separation of church and state.
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See, even a Florida Court held it in violation. This must be something they are trying in different states. It is one battle after the other.