The Traditional Values Coalition reports:
Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo (R) is introducing a resolution on March 3 that calls upon Congress to support the idea that American school children should learn and appreciate the contributions of Western Civilization.
Tancredo is introducing this resolution to spark debate over the spread of multiculturalism in public schools that denigrates the contributions that have been made by Western Civilization to ideas of liberty and prosperity.
According to Tancredo, the "Cult of Multiculturalism" has as its goal, "the elimination of the concept of America as a nation state.... The radical multiculturalists also encourage immigrants to refrain from integrating into an American mainstream."
Tancredo was recently featured on a Fox News documentary produced by Linda Vester that dealt with our nation's porous national borders and the danger this poses to our security from terrorists.
At first blush, a resolution only to "spark debate" may seem like a trivial pursuit, but wouldn't it be nice to see a national debate on the merits of Western civilization and the perils of radical multiculturalism? Won't cultural fence-sitters be enlightened by seeing a bunch of liberal reps on the House floor arguing against Western civilization?
Yes, when the objective is clarity, sparking debate is a noble endeavor.
A $30 million movie about Jesus has the multitudes pondering and polemicizing rarified subjects such as religion, art, morality, violence, anti-Semitism, even parenting. Debate is how we humans, made in the image of God and endowed with the knowledge of good and evil, refine truth from the raw material of facts. It can be a powerful agent for change.
The attention being focused on the ideas surrounding The Passion is justified, appropriate and important. If similar attention were directed toward the ideas advanced in our schools, education in this country would see long overdue reform. It's time for a serious debate on how we shape our children's minds and values.
You can read more about the resolution on Tom Tancredo's website, and use our Take Action page to ask your representatives to support it.
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