The People Speak: MoCo is Not CRC Country
The Gazette yesterday ran the CRC's press release. Well, unlike some places (cough cough Agapepress cough) they at least wrote a story around it, and didn't just copy and paste.
It started:
Yeah, yeah, right, and we saw how well that worked.
Oh, and I can't hear this enough times -- it just gets better every time I read it.
Sadly for the CRC, very few of the people in Montgomery County read their email. Over a quarter million county voters expressed their opinion -- voter turnout was above 52 percent here, which is remarkable for a midterm election, and every candidate the CRC supported lost.
The citizens of Montgomery County do not support the CRC's bigotry, they do not want this junk in their schools. That's not my opinion, you can look at the vote tallies yourself.
It started:
Two groups that filed a federal lawsuit that led the Montgomery County school system to reconsider sex education lessons on homosexuality and condoms are urging residents to make their vote count on Tuesday or risk losing their religious freedom.
Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum and Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays sent e-mails on Monday urging voters to defeat liberal candidates for the nonpartisan county school board. Sex ed curriculum opponents weigh in on Montgomery election: Groups warn that religious freedom is at stake in the nonpartisan school board election
Yeah, yeah, right, and we saw how well that worked.
Oh, and I can't hear this enough times -- it just gets better every time I read it.
"We are very sorry to inform you that the new curriculum appears to be worse then the curriculum that was discarded," the e-mail sent Monday said. "Though CRC does have a vote on the CAC, we are very much in the minority.
"You can make a difference this time," the e-mail said. "Write an email immediately to ten of your friends and send it. Get to the polls. A defeat of the liberal BOE candidates up for election will send a clear message to the Board of Education that parents will not tolerate the continuing attempts of their public school system to trample their values. Your rights as a parent to teach your children your values is quickly being destroyed by the pro-homosexual lobby in our public school system."
Sadly for the CRC, very few of the people in Montgomery County read their email. Over a quarter million county voters expressed their opinion -- voter turnout was above 52 percent here, which is remarkable for a midterm election, and every candidate the CRC supported lost.
The citizens of Montgomery County do not support the CRC's bigotry, they do not want this junk in their schools. That's not my opinion, you can look at the vote tallies yourself.
posted by JimK at 1:26 PM
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They can label themselves a watchdog group all they want but yesterday's local election results prove the suers do not represent the values of the Montgomery County community. The majority of MC residents value our diversity and do not expect every person to conform to one set of religious beliefs.
"They can label themselves a watchdog group all they want but yesterday's local election results prove the suers do not represent the values of the Montgomery County community. The majority of MC residents value our diversity and do not expect every person to conform to one set of religious beliefs."
There isn't the slightest sliver of a suggestion that this was an issue in the campaign. The electorate in MC doesn't believe in moral diversity more than any other Americans do. Morality is not just a fashion but something to teach children.
The insidious suggestion that sexual morality is only a concern of a certain religion is wrong. Shielding kids from religious ideas is not constitutional and not in their best interests.
Reject their role as watchdog all you want, but the historical fact is they blew the whistle on an attempt to violate the constitutional rights of students before and stand ready to do it again.
"Reject their role as watchdog all you want, but the historical fact is they blew the whistle on an attempt to violate the constitutional rights of students before and stand ready to do it again."
Thar's an inconvenient truth for ya, right thar!
The inconvient truth is that the suers' public plea to "Write an email immediately to ten of your friends and send it. Get to the polls. A defeat of the liberal BOE candidates up for election will send a clear message to the Board of Education" led only to the defeat of every single candidates the suers supported in Montgomery County.
"Shielding kids from religious ideas is not constitutional." That's your *belief* and if you want to believe it, you are free to do so. However, the first Amendment to the US Constitution says otherwise. The wall of separation between church and state erected by the Establishment Clause has kept this country from falling into religious civil war for more than 200 years now. Only yesterday's losers want to tear it down an start a holy war.
And by the way, you have once again demonstrated your inability to correctly quote Judge Williams. He said, "This case pits a potential loss of Plaintiffs’ First Amendment freedoms..." Are you a proud C-student too?
"The inconvient truth is that the suers' public plea to "Write an email immediately to ten of your friends and send it. Get to the polls. A defeat of the liberal BOE candidates up for election will send a clear message to the Board of Education" led only to the defeat of every single candidates the suers supported in Montgomery County."
Hard to get any traction when the board hasn't yet taken any action. They planned it that way. Last the voters heard in the media, CRC was winning.
""Shielding kids from religious ideas is not constitutional." That's your *belief* and if you want to believe it, you are free to do so. However, the first Amendment to the US Constitution says otherwise."
Could we have a direct quote?
"The wall of separation between church and state erected by the Establishment Clause has kept this country from falling into religious civil war for more than 200 years now."
Religious war has never been a possibility because we tolerate religious dialogue not because we suppress it as liberals have tried to do for the last half century. The wall you speak of didn't exist for most of our history. That's why the frantic work to erect it continues. We've always sworn on a Bible, had prayer to open our legislative sessions and proclaimed our trust in God on our money.
"Only yesterday's losers want to tear it down an start a holy war."
That's a lot of malarkey! Democrats won, in many places, because they overcame their phobias and openly addressed religious concepts.
"And by the way, you have once again demonstrated your inability to correctly quote Judge Williams. He said, "This case pits a potential loss of Plaintiffs’ First Amendment freedoms..." Are you a proud C-student too?"
Yes and if you'll read his assessment, you'll see how potential he thought it was. There was no doubt how his final ruling would come down. That's why MCPS started over.
I know the CRC supported Tommy Le (an Asian who couldn't even get the endorsement of the Asian Dems)...but who else did they support?
Anon asked, "who else did they support?"
You'll find information about who the CRC supported in the primary and general elections this year in this TTF blog post: http://www.teachthefacts.org/2006/09/bizarre-story-in-sentinel.html
Only some of the BOE runs for reelection at a time; they serve staggered 4 year terms. The four seats on the Board of Education that were up for election this time included two incumbents who both won. Pat O'Neill was unopposed in District 3 and Nancy Navarro beat Phil Kaufman and Susie Scofield in District 5. David's right about Phil, Susie, and Nancy all sharing the TTF view on the health education curriculum.
The open BOE seats were in District 1 and At-Large. In the District 1 race which was left open by Gabe Romero, the CRC's ally who did not seek reelection, Judy Docca who supports the TTF position won over Michael Ibanez. The At-Large seat left open by retiring BOE President Charles Haughey, was won by Shirley Brandman who supports the TTF position over Tommy Le.
Valerie Ervin, another BOE member who supports the TTF position on the curriculum revisions, has won the open seat in District 5 on the County Council. A replacement for her BOE seat will be appointed.
Christine
If Tommy "somebody PLEASE endorse me" Le and Michael Ibanez are the best the CRC could do, it shows how little support they have in MoCo.
I wonder why Michelle didn't run. Afraid of the electoral smackdown?
Oh she may pop up for the Ervin seat appointment. That would be interesting indeed for her to try get BOE to let her sit at table with them.
Let the smackdown begin.
Brad
America spoke this week(please no con nonsense- you had your time). MC didn't want Steve Abrams on the Council either- I appreciate the POst endorsing him- it made his non-election even more prominent.
Moral diversity is nonsense, Anon. Being small-minded does not make you a champion of religion or morality. And as to prominent "champions" of morality- Ted Haggard is a prime example to me of those who spout loudly and publicly - I guess those who can't be honest mouth off about it.
"Moral diversity is nonsense, Anon."
It sure is. So is "sexual diversity".
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