Comments on: Oscar Romero and the Texas State Board of Education http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/ Mon, 28 May 2012 14:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ActuantConnug http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1367 Sat, 22 May 2010 21:26:19 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1367 Hi guys,

My name is Peter and I am from Stirling in the UK. I have recently discovered this forum and I like it very much.
I am a little bit shy so I will not talk much about me but maybe when I will get confortable, you guys will get to know me better!
My main hobbies are playing piano and watching movies. I also like outdoor activites but the temperature has been horrible for the last weeks or so here in Stirling.

I was wondering if anyone else here is from the united Kingdom too?

I am happy to have joined this forum!
Cya! :)

]]> By: 12ft DWENDE | (Re)Birth of a Nation http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1267 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:37:48 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1267 [...] This, on the heels of less sweeping but still disappointing legislation from the Texas State Board of Education that says Oscar Romero is irrelevant to Social Science curriculum. [Romero was] a featured part of a unit in the Texas curriculum about leaders who stood up to politi… [...]

]]> By: Kate Wheeler http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1105 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:52:47 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1105 Good point, Aaron–except that Schlafly was a woman who, the TBE might say, “knew her place.” She waged war against the ERA, and considered the equal rights movement as threatening to what she felt were women’s
special privileges. She also told the press that she would cancel speeches and events whenever her husband told her that she was spending too much time away from home.

Later, Schlafly spoke out against marital rape laws, noting that the marriage ceremony was blanket consent on the part of a woman to sex whenever her husband wanted it.

So, forget Harriet Tubman leading missions to save slaves before the Civil War. Phyllis Schlafly is what the TBE considers a good role model for elementary and high school girls.

]]> By: aaron Meyers http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1103 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:36:56 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1103 I wonder if anyone told the TBE that Phyllis Schlafly is a woman. That may have changed their minds about including her.

]]> By: audrey http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1080 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:11:44 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1080 I don’t see why having a movie makes you a more favorable historic figure. Have we become so obsessed with television, movies, marketing, and commercial goods that we forgot what was really important? Are we that naive? I can honestly say that I am very ashamed of my Texas roots right now.

]]> By: stelle http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1079 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:27:12 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1079 A very fine film, the “Romero” DVD is available to borrow from The Bloom Collective http://www.thebloomcollective.org

]]> By: L.E. Soltis http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1078 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:00:35 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1078 Thank you for this article. I have provided a link in my recent blog post commemorating the 30 year anniversary of Oscar Romero’s death:
http://humanrightsangle.com/2010/03/24/remembering-oscar-romero-30-years-later/

]]> By: Human Rights Angle » Blog Archive » Remembering Oscar Romero: 30 Years Later http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1072 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:11:56 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1072 [...] unofficial patron saint of the Americas. Ironically, as the world celebrates Archbishop Romero, the Texas Board of Education voted on March 10th to remove all mention of Romero’s life, work, and political activism from [...]

]]> By: Kate Wheeler http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1071 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:08:13 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1071 Chuck and Heather, I did not know about this movie…and apparently the TBE didn’t either.

Sadly, I suspect that its existence is not going to restore Oscar Romero to the state curriculum.

On the other hand, I’m going to try to track it down and watch it. Thanks for mentioning it.

]]> By: Heather McCance http://griid.org/2010/03/24/oscar-romero-and-the-texas-state-board-of-education/#comment-1070 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:23:20 +0000 http://griid.org/?p=2398#comment-1070 Actually, Romero does have his own movie. Called “Romero.” Stars Raul Julia.

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