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To: redfish who wrote (39)	12/8/2004 8:34:52 AM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) of 60

Mr. Haynes, who helped draft national guidelines on religion and schools that were distributed by the Clinton administration, said one strategy has been to find ways of introducing religion into the curriculum through the backdoor. Primary historical documents are a favorite vehicle because many states, including California, place a great emphasis upon them in their curriculum standards. In 2000 in New Jersey, conservatives tried a legislative approach, pushing unsuccessfully for a bill that would have required teachers to conduct a daily recitation of a 55-word excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, including the reference to all men being "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights." In a successful effort two years ago, Virginia required schools to post the national motto, "In God We Trust." It's a real shame that such methods have to be used to simply return to our roots. It should be obvious that all of the mentioned documents were produced in a time where this teacher would have been the norm, instead of the exception.

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