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On 10/14/2025 at 9:50 AM, Pescado_Rojo said:

Like a 20 piece band with a horn section, back up singers, male and female lead singers, keyboards, etc. 

 

On 10/14/2025 at 10:00 AM, Brisketexan said:

Yep.  The backup singers are gorgeous babes with like 2-foot tall afros, wearing electric yellow bikini tops.  The bass line alone makes your ears hurt, but in a good way.

We used to be a country. A proper country 

 

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21 minutes ago, Chopper said:

 

Chances of seeing Mrs. Brisket shot with a pepper ball while wearing her pastoral collar are just going up.

Chances of hearing Mrs. Brisket say the words "I wish a motherfucker would" in the next 48 hours: approaching 100%.

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Texas doing the important amendments making rich investors feel better about something Texas already isn't doing by banning taxes on capital gains and banning non citizens from voting just to make double sure. I mean who cares about the families of drowned or shot children

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22 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Texas doing the important amendments making rich investors feel better about something Texas already isn't doing by banning taxes on capital gains and banning non citizens from voting just to make double sure. I mean who cares about the families of drowned or shot children

Well, their prayers keep going unanswered, and if God doesn't care, then why should they?

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Chances of seeing Mrs. Brisket shot with a pepper ball while wearing her pastoral collar are just going up.

Chances of hearing Mrs. Brisket say the words "I wish a motherfucker would" in the next 48 hours: approaching 100%.

 

 

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The ombudsman’s office was created as part of Senate Bill 37, which was passed by the Texas Legislature earlier this year and went into effect on Sept. 1. The office will have the power to investigate complaints claiming that universities and colleges aren’t following the new law or the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, as well as recommend funding cuts for violators. 

SB 37 gives governor-appointed regents new authority to approve or deny the hiring of top university administrators as well as courses that they consider do not align with the state’s workforce demands. Traditionally, faculty have advised university administrators on such academic matters and hiring decisions, but SB 37 also limits professors’ influence on campuses. 

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The 100-200 students that sign up for gender studies at each university are god fearing red blooded conservatives that can have their entire worldview destroyed in less than 3 hours a week?
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1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:


The 100-200 students that sign up for gender studies at each university are god fearing red blooded conservatives that can have their entire worldview destroyed in less than 3 hours a week?

Conservative values must really suck ass if all it takes to destroy 18 years of being taught them at home is 1 college course...

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

most punchable face award has a new candidate

When it all goes to hell, they can blame the biscuit.

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We talk about this yet?

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/bible-public-school-curriculum-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uU8.YOHu.eMlg7jJCEfFY&smid=url-share

 

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Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum
This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.

Troy Closson
By Troy Closson
Oct. 14, 2025
A new state-sponsored English curriculum infused with lessons about the Bible and Christianity could reach tens of thousands of Texas schoolchildren this year.

More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the English language arts lessons, according to data obtained by The New York Times through a public records request. Many are rural, and relatively small.

The curriculum was created as several states, including Oklahoma and Louisiana, fought to bring prayer or religious texts like the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms, blurring the line between church and state.

Texas leaders adapted the curriculum from a popular reading program made by the education company Amplify. A large majority of its lessons are typical for grade-school children, but the Texas version features new content on Christianity, the Old and New Testaments and the life of Jesus, according to a Times analysis of thousands of pages of teaching guides and activity books.

The emphasis on Christianity is greater than in other popular reading programs, scholars say. It is especially notable as Republican leaders mount campaigns against public school curriculums that they argue indoctrinates children in left-leaning ideologies.

And as a national movement to expand religious instruction arises in public education, the lessons could serve as a potent blueprint for other states.

History lessons weave in stories about Jesus
It is not unusual for public schools to introduce students to religious texts and figures.

A typical elementary school lesson on ancient Roman civilization, for example, might describe how Christianity influenced the Roman Empire. The old Amplify curriculum spends about four paragraphs on Jesus’s parables, his crucifixion and the Christian belief in his resurrection.

In the original grade unit, Jesus is mentioned 19 times.

The Texas lessons include several new pages about the life of Jesus. They detail the Biblical story of his birth in a Bethlehem manger, New Testament accounts of an angel describing him as the Messiah and stories about the miracles he performed.

Jesus is mentioned 87 times.

State education leaders have said that the lessons do not include explicit religious instruction, but that the curriculum references several religious texts “when contextually relevant for historical and literary value.”

“These references create a strong background of knowledge for students with rich texts to further their understanding of our society, including our history, economy and culture,” said Jake Kobersky, a spokesman for the state’s education agency.

Many religious scholars, though, argue that the lessons too often subtly present Christian beliefs as the truth.

Texas created entire new lessons on Bible stories
The Texas curriculum also includes more extensive, complete lessons on Bible stories.

Fifth graders examine a psalm in a poetry unit. First-grade students discuss the parable of the prodigal son alongside stories like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Kindergarten children learn in depth about the Book of Genesis in a lesson on art exploration that notes that “many artists have found inspiration for creating art from the words in creation stories in religious books.”

None of these lessons were in the old Amplify curriculum.

Both versions, for example, teach young children about the British royal family and Cinderella in a unit called “Kings and Queens.” But the Texas adaptation includes a new 18-page lesson on King Solomon.

In both curriculums, second graders learn about Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks in a unit on ordinary people who fought for causes. The Texas version adds a two-part lesson on the biblical Queen Esther, whom some conservative Christians have turned to in recent years as a model of female leadership.

Christianity gets more space than other religions
Under the Texas curriculum, students will be exposed to Christianity far more often than other major religions. In teaching materials for second grade, for example, Christianity, the Bible and Jesus are referenced about 110 times. By contrast, Islam, Muslims, the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad are mentioned roughly 31 times in lessons spanning from kindergarten to fifth grade.

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Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum
This school year, many Texas districts are teaching from an elementary curriculum that features extensive content about the Christian faith, according to a New York Times analysis.

Troy Closson
By Troy Closson
Oct. 14, 2025
A new state-sponsored English curriculum infused with lessons about the Bible and Christianity could reach tens of thousands of Texas schoolchildren this year.

More than 300 of the state’s roughly 1,200 districts signed up to use the English language arts lessons, according to data obtained by The New York Times through a public records request. Many are rural, and relatively small.

The curriculum was created as several states, including Oklahoma and Louisiana, fought to bring prayer or religious texts like the Ten Commandments into public school classrooms, blurring the line between church and state.

Texas leaders adapted the curriculum from a popular reading program made by the education company Amplify. A large majority of its lessons are typical for grade-school children, but the Texas version features new content on Christianity, the Old and New Testaments and the life of Jesus, according to a Times analysis of thousands of pages of teaching guides and activity books.

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The emphasis on Christianity is greater than in other popular reading programs, scholars say. It is especially notable as Republican leaders mount campaigns against public school curriculums that they argue indoctrinates children in left-leaning ideologies.

And as a national movement to expand religious instruction arises in public education, the lessons could serve as a potent blueprint for other states.

History lessons weave in stories about Jesus
It is not unusual for public schools to introduce students to religious texts and figures.

A typical elementary school lesson on ancient Roman civilization, for example, might describe how Christianity influenced the Roman Empire. The old Amplify curriculum spends about four paragraphs on Jesus’s parables, his crucifixion and the Christian belief in his resurrection.

In the original grade unit, Jesus is mentioned 19 times.

The Texas lessons include several new pages about the life of Jesus. They detail the Biblical story of his birth in a Bethlehem manger, New Testament accounts of an angel describing him as the Messiah and stories about the miracles he performed.

ImageAn excerpt from a lesson on Jesus’s birth. 
Jesus is mentioned 87 times.

State education leaders have said that the lessons do not include explicit religious instruction, but that the curriculum references several religious texts “when contextually relevant for historical and literary value.”

“These references create a strong background of knowledge for students with rich texts to further their understanding of our society, including our history, economy and culture,” said Jake Kobersky, a spokesman for the state’s education agency.

Many religious scholars, though, argue that the lessons too often subtly present Christian beliefs as the truth.

Texas created entire new lessons on Bible stories
The Texas curriculum also includes more extensive, complete lessons on Bible stories.

Fifth graders examine a psalm in a poetry unit. First-grade students discuss the parable of the prodigal son alongside stories like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” Kindergarten children learn in depth about the Book of Genesis in a lesson on art exploration that notes that “many artists have found inspiration for creating art from the words in creation stories in religious books.”

Image
An excerpt from a lesson on the Book of Genesis. 
None of these lessons were in the old Amplify curriculum.

Both versions, for example, teach young children about the British royal family and Cinderella in a unit called “Kings and Queens.” But the Texas adaptation includes a new 18-page lesson on King Solomon.

Image
An excerpt from a lesson on King Solomon. 
In both curriculums, second graders learn about Jackie Robinson and Rosa Parks in a unit on ordinary people who fought for causes. The Texas version adds a two-part lesson on the biblical Queen Esther, whom some conservative Christians have turned to in recent years as a model of female leadership.

Christianity gets more space than other religions
Under the Texas curriculum, students will be exposed to Christianity far more often than other major religions. In teaching materials for second grade, for example, Christianity, the Bible and Jesus are referenced about 110 times. By contrast, Islam, Muslims, the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad are mentioned roughly 31 times in lessons spanning from kindergarten to fifth grade.

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In the original Amplify curriculum, students are exposed to the three major monotheistic religions together in a first-grade unit. Children learn that Mecca was the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and that praying five times a day in the direction of Mecca is one of the five pillars of Islam.

Texas cut that unit in its own adaptation of the lessons. State education officials and the curriculum’s supporters say that the new curriculum’s focus on Christianity will benefit children because of the religion’s outsize role in the nation’s development and modern culture.

In the new curriculum, one of the most robust lessons on Islam is about the ancient king Mansa Musa and “his special religious journey to a holy city called Mecca.” Students do not learn about the site’s relevance to Islam or about the Prophet Muhammad.

Scholars question the curriculum’s take on Christianity
Religious scholars say the Texas curriculum presents a partial picture of Christianity’s role in the nation’s development, especially during moments of conflict.

Some of the changes are small but meaningful, according to historians, including a wording change in a lesson on colonial America. The Amplify version tells students that “the Spanish also sent missionaries who worked to convert the native people to Christianity.”

The Texas adaptation notes that “the Spaniards sent missionaries who worked to introduce the Native people to Christianity.”

 

 



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