Here's a real doozey for you folks ...
Yes, there might still be freedom of speech, but there are also words like Malice, Libel, and Lie that come into play here. This might be her opinion, however as she is in a position of state government, even her opinion is open for public debate, as well as possible legal ramifications.
Another right-wing Christian nut job trying to sway people's opinion by spreading lies about someone that will provide great change to this country. My only hope is that when it is her time to be looked at for that position again, others will remember this and ask her to step aside.
AUSTIN — State Board of Education member Cynthia Dunbar isn’t backing down from her published assertion that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is plotting with terrorists to attack the United States.
The Texas Freedom Network, a watchdog group that monitors the board, released a public statement Monday asking Dunbar to retract the statement.
"I don’t have anything in there that would be retractable," said Dunbar, R-Richmond. "Those are my personal opinions, and I don’t think the language is questionable."
In a column posted on the Christian Worldview Network Web site, Dunbar wrote that a terrorist attack on America during the first six months of an Obama administration "will be a planned effort by those with whom Obama truly sympathizes to take down the America that is threat to tyranny."
She also suggested that Obama would seek to expand his power by declaring martial law throughout the country.
"No matter who you support for president, we should all be able to agree that Ms. Dunbar’s disgusting attack is a shocking example of the extremism that has infected the state board," network President Kathy Miller said.
"It's stunning that a board member who helps decide what Texas children learn in their public schools would say something so disgusting and reprehensible. She should be taking refresher courses in civics and good citizenship, not deciding what Texas kids learn."
The State Board of Education will begin revising public school social studies curriculum standards after adopting standards for science next year.
Those standards will determine the content in new public school textbooks.
"Right now, we're still in America and we still have freedom of speech," Dunbar said. "And unless that's changed, I'm not aware of it."
Yes, there might still be freedom of speech, but there are also words like Malice, Libel, and Lie that come into play here. This might be her opinion, however as she is in a position of state government, even her opinion is open for public debate, as well as possible legal ramifications.
Another right-wing Christian nut job trying to sway people's opinion by spreading lies about someone that will provide great change to this country. My only hope is that when it is her time to be looked at for that position again, others will remember this and ask her to step aside.
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