The far-right has successfully infiltrated history curriculum in Texas.
– To avoid exposing students to “transvestites, transsexuals and who knows what else,” the Board struck the curriculum’s reference to “sex and gender as social constructs.”
– The Board removed Thomas Jefferson from the Texas curriculum, “replacing him with religious right icon John Calvin.”
– The Board refused to require that “students learn that the Constitution prevents the U.S. government from promoting one religion over all others.”
– The Board struck the word “democratic” from the description of the U.S. government, instead terming it a “constitutional republic.”
Make no mistake. This is a huge victory for the Far-right American Taliban -- a movement driven to destroy all things secular and rational.
Shit. Remember when the far-right used to freak out about Catholics taking orders from the Pope rather than secular law?