The Fight Over ‘Intelligent Design’

In Georgia this week, the Cobb Country school board abandoned what had been a 4 year legal battle. The School Board had put stickers in its science books saying, “Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be studied carefully, and critically considered.” The school board agreed to remove the stickers and never to put anything else in their science books which undermined the teaching of evolution. In return, the parents who sued over the stickers dropped their legal action. Interestingly, the school board placed the stickers in the books after a … Continue reading

A Review of This Week’s Parenting Blogs

I am borrowing an idea from Heather Long and reviewing the week in Parenting. There have been some great blogs written on some important topics. But often parents only see the first few blogs and miss the rest. So here is a review of this week’s Parenting topics. Monday September 18th. “Teaching Good Judgment” is an important skill that many parents fail to teach their children. This is obvious by the many teens and young adults that are making such bad decisions. Read this blog for some ideas on how you can teach your child good judgment. “Should Partners Of … Continue reading

Should Textbooks Be Written To Include Homosexual Achievements?

I recently wrote a blog titled “Homosexual Agenda Being Promoted In Schools,” which has received a lot of debate. There is one part of this article that I want to address in more detail. It is concerning the rewriting of textbooks to specifically include accomplishments of homosexual individuals. This is something that the California Teachers Association is currently supporting. They are trying to get a bill passed that would require that history textbooks be rewritten to “include and highlight homosexual and transsexual historical figures.” Saying that, “Curriculum should address the common values of the society; promote respect for diversity and … Continue reading