Scott Thurman: The TT Interview
A new documentary about the Texas State Board of Education’s contentious battle over science and history education is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City this week. Its first — and so far only — screening in Texas will be at the Dallas International Film Festival this weekend.
The action in The Revisionaries takes place during the final term of Don McLeroy, the controversial former SBOE chairman. The film follows him as well as former Republican board member Cynthia Dunbar, Texas Freedom Network president Kathy Miller and Southern Methodist University professor Ron Wetherington as they battle over what ...
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Kim Batchelor via Texas Tribune on Facebook
In looking at the preview of the documentary, it doesn't matter what he's done in his personal life, he's shown no love of neighbor in how he conducts himself. It's arrogant to forget something very basic: science is how God's creation is revealed to us and if you bare false witness against science, you bear false witness against creation.
Adele Roberson
However, the truth of the matter is that influence of the State Board Of Education in Texas is just waning. It’s new technology, but also as Texas becomes controversial, other states are saying they will not accept those books from the publishers.
*** this was bound to happen. I am glad it is happening now.
We have had our fill of religion in politics and our school system. Enough is Enough. Probably the only good that came out of Rick Perry making such a Jackass of himself in the last year is the entire country now knows what a bunch of damn fools are running everything in Texas.
I do have question however, Why is this documentary not being shown all over Texas?