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Originally posted by redravin40
The number of complaints against text books and reading material made by the right (religious and otherwise) outnumbers those made by the left (or middle of the bird) by over 70% according to the National Association of School Librarians.
In fact in one state they managed to get any mention of evolution blocked from text book completely.
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Amen.
Things are so "vanilia" mostly due to fear of lawsuits. One wackjob says his kid is traumatized cause someone uses the Lord's name in vain in a book, and the book is banned to settle the 20 Mil lawsuit the guy filed. Total crap.
What do we think we are protecting are children from? They may find out some day that the elderly are prone to health problems? That many women once considered their homes their place of business? That there are those in the world who think differently then we do? This stuff makes me mad - children should be taught to acurately evaluate different sides of issues to help determine where they stand - not shielded from issues.