Monday, September 19, 2011

Too PC? New Australian Curriculum Bans References to Birth of Jesus in Textbooks

The Blaze  “Kowtowing to political correctness by the embarrassing removal of AD and BC in our national curriculum is of a piece with the fundamental flaw of trying to deny who we are as a people,” opposition spokesman Christopher Pyne said.
"He added that it was pointless to try to deny Australia’s heritage.
" “Australia is what it is today because of the foundations of our nation in the Judeo-Christian heritage that we inherited from Western civilization,” Pyne said.
" Rev. Fred Nile, a member of Australia’s New South Wales parliament, called the change “an absolute disgrace.” "

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