Submission to the Senate Subcommittee,
Beyond the Pledge of Allegiance:
Hostility to Religious Expression in the Public Square

6/14/04

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INDEX

How Judges and Teachers Rip Up Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Forced Pluralism, Where is Religious Freedom? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Personal Testimony of Hostility to Christianity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

bulletPledge of Allegiance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
bulletBelittling Faith by Mocking with Poker Chips . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Textbook Abuses of Religion

bulletExcerpts of "Objections to Across the Centuries" . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
bulletExcerpts of "Objections to A Message of Ancient Days"

I. Text Accuses Christians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .. . . . . . .13

    1. Text Blames Christians for the Fall of Rome. . . . . . 13
    2. Text Claims God is Dead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
    3. Text Attempts to Reduce Jesus to Human Limits. .16
    4. Hidden Messages in Role Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
bulletJudaism Unit
    1. Text Denounces the Prophets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
    2. Text Throws out Genealogies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
    3. Stripped of Faith, Devoid of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
    4. Chips Away at the Roots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
bulletAncient Greeks Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 20

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