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In Sugar Land, Perry signs religion-in-schools bill

August 19th, 2007 · No Comments

by Ruth Rendon (”Houston Chronicle,” August 14, 2007)
Sugar Land, USA - Student Natasha Gualy was all smiles Tuesday knowing that when she shares her Christian faith at school, she will not be reprimanded or humiliated.
Gov. Rick Perry conducted a ceremonial signing of House Bill 3678 aimed at reaffirming students’ rights to express religious viewpoints. Perry […]

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Prayer OK at lunch, not classes at Carver

August 9th, 2007 · No Comments

By Helen Gao
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
July 27, 2007

 
A San Diego school that drew international attention for setting aside time for Muslim students to pray in the classroom will no longer do so.Instead, Carver Elementary’s schedule will be reconfigured so students can say their required midday prayers during lunch. Courts have long upheld students’ rights to […]

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Exit Strategy Advocate Wants to Bankrupt Public Schools

August 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Bob Allen
06-12-07
ethicsdaily.com
An advocate of a Southern Baptist “exit strategy” from public schools says he wants to “bankrupt the American educational establishment one student at a time,” because otherwise true educational reform is impossible.
Voddie Baucham is co-sponsor of an education resolution being submitted to the 2007 Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee, urging Southern Baptist churches to […]

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