Texas Textbook Mtgs. Update

AUSTIN, Texas- The Texas State Board of Education has added references to the "laws of nature and nature's God" to curriculum standards for students in American history.

 

Conservative members scored a string of victories Thursday on the second day of a three-day meeting.
    

They defeated an amendment calling for students to be taught that "the founding fathers protected religious freedom in America by barring the government from promoting or disfavoring any particular religion above all others."
    

The board also agreed to strike the word "democratic" in references to the form of U.S. government, opting instead to call it a "constitutional republic."
    

Decisions by the board, which is led by social conservatives, affect textbook content nationwide because Texas is one of publishers' biggest clients.

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