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Declaration of Independence banned?

This is just getting out of hand. A New York Times article, God, American History and a Fifth-Grade Class, gets the story oh so wrong. You might of heard that a California school district banned the Declaration of Independence. That is what the echo-chamber would want you to believe. But that isn't what happened - no one bans the Declaration of Independence.

So here's what really, happened. Instead of distributing the Declaration of Independence, the teacher distributed only the first, part of the second, and last paragraph, highlighting the following words contained in those paragraphs: "Nature's God", "Creator", "Supreme Judge of the world" and "Divine Providence." The principle ordered the teacher not to distribute a highly edited Declaration of Independence to the children. He sued the principle and the school district because:

Steven Williams, a fifth-grade teacher at Stevens Creek School in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Cupertino, sued for discrimination on Monday, claiming he had been singled out for censorship by principal Patricia Vidmar because he is a Christian.

Let me say this again: the teacher highly edited one of the most important documents of our country in order to to convey the notion that our country was founded on Christian principles (they were theists people - know the difference!). Enter in the Right Wing Echo Chamber and the NY Times he-said-she-said story, and now the non-issue has legs. I don't know about you, but my Bible doesn't take false-witness very lightly.

Here is a long summary for those who care.

Declaration of Independence banned?

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