Texas Textbook Hearings: September 2010

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Texas Board Approves Warning Textbook Makers Against 'Pro-Islamic, Anti-Christian Distortions'

Rachel Slajda | September 24, 2010, 3:03PM

David Bradley, of the Texas Education Agency

The Texas State Board of Education today passed a resolution warning textbook publishers to scrub their books of "gross pro-Islamic, anti-Christian" bias. The vote was 7 to 6.

The board passed the nonbinding resolution after more than three hours of debate.

Proponents of the measure, including board members and witnesses, argued that world history textbooks spend too much space discussing Islam, and in too positive a light, when compared with Christianity.

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Texas Board Of Ed Wants To Scrub Textbooks Of 'Pro-Islamic, Anti-Christian Distortions'

Rachel Slajda | September 16, 2010, 2:44PM

Texas Board of Education member Ken Mercer

The Texas Board of Education, whose decisions can set textbook standards for the entire country, is now trying to take on the "Muslim propaganda" in world history books.

The social conservatives on the board, who earlier this year set new standards requiring textbooks to include sections on anti-Equal Rights Amendment crusader Phyllis Schafly, the Contract with America and the Christian beliefs of the Founders, want to pass a resolution warning textbook makers not to include "gross pro-Islamic, anti-Christian distortions" in their books.

According to board member Ken Mercer, many world history books are rife with such "Muslim propaganda."