For our latest HuTube post, we picked out memorable testimony from Friday morning's five-hour State Board of Education debate. SBOE members ultimately approved a resolution instructing publishers to limit a perceived "pro-Islamic, anti-Christian bias" in Texas textbooks.
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Judy Burns via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Dear SBOE-please stop embarrassing us. Today's resolution was completely unnecessary, and, at 7-6, was not exactly decisive.
Chris Pearson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The majority voice was upheld, regardless by how many votes more. Don't like it? Sorry, here's a tissue...
Tommie Duncan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
What a bunch of morons...when will these Christians go back into their dank places of worship and leave the rest of us alone...
Jack Van Le via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I hate it when people say this country was founded on Christian values. George Washing ton was a Free Mason!!!
Randy Chatham via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Yes George Washington was a Free Mason and thereby a Christian. One must believe in God to be a Mason. Don't be naive sheep. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w
Jordan Stewart via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Tommie, as a Christian myself (hard to admit this in today's political climate but I will for the sake of making a point) I can tell you that what they're doing isn't exactly "Christian".
Chris, instead of crying, I plan on voting. Some people actually want Texas to be a better place and will admit that it's not perfect. Don't like it? Here's a ti...
Michael Cosper via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The big question is where were the two Democratic board members who didn't show up to vote and could have defeated this monstrosity.
Doug Whitworth via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Wow. I don't know why this surprises me, but it does. I feel like one of those anti-slavery Texans at the battle of the Alamo who said, "Wait a minute, maybe being a state in northern Mexico isn't so bad..."
Jack Morgan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"...and Texas rounds the corner, 3 full lengths ahead of Mississippi in a full-blown race to stupid!"
Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Doug, the battle of the Alamo was fought to be an a state within the Mexican Republic and as part of a wider revolt in support of the 1824 Constitution, independence was declared after the battle. Slavery was not an issue.
Public schools !
David Edmonson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Michael: one D member (Berlanga) wasn't there all day. The other (Nunez) walked the vote, thus allowing it to pass.
Mary Lynn VanZandt Neill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Good for you,Jack.South Carolina loses to Arkansas as well.Scary is that the TX SBOE has such a perceived influence in/on other states.Yuck.