School aims to re-teach civics with focus on faith
Published: Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010 - 2:38 am
Last Modified: Thursday, Jul. 15, 2010 - 3:43 am
GEORGETOWN, Ky. -- Call it vacation Bible school, Glenn Beck-style.
Some three dozen kids ages 10 to 15 are spending five nights this week learning what organizers - some with tea party ties - say they won't hear in school about the Constitution, the founding fathers and the role of faith in the birth of the United States.
"If we're going to take our country back, we've got to remember where we came from - not only as adults, but we need to teach our children," said Tim Fairfield, one of the teachers, who wore a three-cornered hat at the opening class of Vacation Liberty School. It's held in a church basement in Georgetown, a city just north of Lexington that is the site of a major Toyota assembly plant.
The curriculum includes lessons like "equal rights, not equal results," "recognize men don't create rights - only God," and "understanding falsehoods of separation of church and state."
And organizers say the program has drawn interest from people looking to start new chapters in Ohio, Colorado, New York, Florida and other communities in Kentucky.
It's is an offshoot of the 9/12 Project, inspired by Beck, the conservative commentator, who had no direct role in the planning of the Kentucky school. Beck declined comment.
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