Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Chuck Norris Tomfoolery

Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars wrote about the National Council on Biblical Curriculum in Public School's (NCBCPS) front page on August 12, 2007. On the front page was a column by Chuck Norris, an advisory board member of the NCBCPS, concerning the steps to get the Bible offered as a textbook in school curriculum. Brayton noticed a pernicious phrase in Norris' column which appeared on the front page of the NCBCPS: "Your first step to get God back into your public school".

A commentor by the name of "M" on Brayton's post mentioned the phrase was missing on the front page. August 13, 2007, Brayton informed his viewers that the phrase was still located in the original column. However, this is not true anymore. An August 8, 2007, Google cache shows the original column text, but the present column now reads: "Your first step to get the Bible back into your public school" (emphasis mine).

Though perhaps Norris can get away with the editing representing the scope of the article moreso than his internal desire to spread Christianity to the masses, anyone of sound mind and judgement can clearly see Norris' and the NCBCPS's real agenda to bring Bible curriculum to public schools. Below are screenshots I made of the current column and the Google cache.

Current column, located here.

Googel cache, located here.

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