Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.
Young-Earth creationist and former Texas State Board of Education chairman Don McLeroy, agreeing with the TFN Education Fund’s report on Texas public school Bible courses.
I agree with the Texas Freedom Network — I wouldn’t teach doctrine in public school.
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Author James Moore, finding sadness and hilarity in the TFN Education Fund’s new report on Bible classes in public schools.
We are a backwards-ass state in a fast-forward world. Texas is a land of contradictions. We are creating some of the planet’s most advanced technology while teaching our children that archaeology proves the Bible to be factual.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, complaining about schoolchildren who visit his office and say the U.S. Constitution is a living document.
It’s not a living document. It’s dead, dead, dead.
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State Board of Education member Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, R-Dallas, who served on the board for 26 years before losing the seat two years ago, on being back on the board.
It feels like coming home.
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Columnist Billy Hamilton, on potential private school voucher scheme legislation disguised as “tuition tax credits” at the Texas Legislature.
These tax credits aren’t just bad tax policy; they’re gimmicks — gimmicks used to conceal bad policy. Public schools don’t need gimmicks. They need the Legislature’s full support in educating the state’s children.
