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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

• Pledge of Allegiance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
• Belittling Faith by Mocking with Poker Chips . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Textbook Abuses of Religion

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

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

• Judaism 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

• Ancient Greeks Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19

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