Christian Cowboy Plots to Bring Christ into Kids' Social Studies Class

By Rob Boston, Church & State Magazine
Posted on August 11, 2009, Printed on August 11, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/141867/

When the Texas State Board of Education issued a list of proposed "experts" to sit on a social studies curriculum panel, one name immediately leaped out to defenders of church-state separation: David Barton.

The panel is supposed to consist of academics and others with specialized knowledge to assist the board in drafting new social studies standards for public schools across the state. The selection of Barton, a Religious Right propagandist who for years has pushed a fundamentalist "Christian nation" view of American history, is a sure sign that trouble lurks ahead.