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1984 - A WINNING YEAR Texas A&M 37 - tu 12 Have your own certified bottle of bonfire ashes. The perfect gift $3.99 including tax Lacy Hamilton - ’89 Juan Joffre - ’83 Alvin Luckenbach - ’85 Doug Williams - ’83 Call 696-0514 for delivery information. Page 4/The Battalion/Tuesday, March 5,1985 Warped by Scott McCullar WrPD KETUZV5 To regents b.c. rr YES, m 6LAD [VlELLX MEW you came By, yoirp weld HK- HAKKISOW.JhLLP WITH 0H,1ES, A VP 5 MCE WE WERE POKED TO FILE. IT OW OUR OWN, OUTElPL COAIVV- ‘ POTIONS' LIKE ynilR< APPT WELL, I THOUGHT ABOUT COWTRIBUTlNG A wilding OR A PARKING LOT.-HAIBE EVEff POUBUNG THE SIZE OF THE LIBRARy... ..r FlVALLy DECIDED T& CONTRIBUTE To THE . UNIVERSITVS SHAME* Legislative b emphasizes mental healtli Associated Press AUSTIN — The chairman special committee on mental said Monday caring for themenii ill in community centers “is buck buy” for the state. Lecturer_ adygcates free sgeech However, Oswin Chrisman Dallas, underscored that his On sight Committee on Mental Hs and Mental Retardation I even discussed closing state I or schools for the retarded. Censoring schoolbooks By REBECCA ADAIR Staff Writer r AVAILABLE Friendly roommate. Quiet — and smart. Able to sort through complicated issues. Will share workload. Problem solving is my specialty. Supportive and dependable. Flexible. Clever. Fun. Good looking. See the IBM PC Family on Campus at The Pavilion, March 4-8. “We are taking the second ride of Paul Revere,” said a People For the American Way spokesman Monday night at Rudder Theater. Mike Hudson, the group’s Texas coordinator, said the group is trying to alert the public to the fact that textbook censorship now is a serious problem. In his speech, “Challenges to the First ^Amendment in Public Educa tion,” Hudson cited what he termed the “religious right” group as the driving force behind textbook censorship. Hudson said he is amazed that what was once a lunatic fringe now is at the forefront in politics. “They have a significant andi role in a strategic plan,” Christ said, but he added that he hii| that basic mental health care wi “move to the communities whert can serve more people, more ciently, for less dollars.” “It sounds funny, but we’ve sat around and let a minority fringe group have an unbelievably dispro portionate power,” he said. Hudson said leading theologians in the country think the religious right’s view is an aberration of theol ogy, yet their views still are signifi cant to average folks. Chrisman joined Rep. Jack Voi I and Sen. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadt | at a news conference to annon | the filing of a bill that Vowel' would "re-emphasize the im tance of the community m health and mental retardation tern.” Slouc 1 Michael E. Hudson Hudson said mainline theologians have said they have no conflict with the scientfic teaching of evolution theories. Hudson said the influence of this group in government and American politics can’t go unnoticed. He said the group’s principles are a threat to the basic constitutional provisions of free and open access to different ideas and points of view, the tradi tion of respect for diversity and plu ralism and the tradition of separa tion of church and state. “It’s not that they’re wrong in being active,” Hudson said, “they’re acti vely wrong in what they’re advoca ting.” “If they believe, as they do, that God did all the creation, who are we to say how he did it?” Hudson said. Vowel!, R-EI Paso, said tht I would establish a citizens’ plan: council to advise the Departmt: Mental Health and Mental Rea tion “on all stages of the dt opment and implementation") long-range strategic plan. The calls for at least a six-year plain updates every two years. Hudson mentioned religious leaders — such as Jerry Falwell — as part of the religious right. Hudson em phasized the difference between this group and the mainline traditional religious participation. Hudson said the movement, often termed Moral McCarthyism, stands against anything “anti-God, anti family or unpatriotic.” The religious right also issues “Biblical report cards,” Hudson said. The Seventh Amendment prohibits religious tests, Hudson said, and our forefathers came here to escape them. Hudson has one major criticism of the censorship process, he said. It’s easier to define the difference be tween acceptable and unacceptable than to pick it out, he said. The censorship pursued by the religious right involves restriction, not selec tion, and there lies the problem. Legislative resolutions, whidi not carry the force of law, wouldi phasize community treatmentfoi coholism, insurance coverage fori treatment of alcoholism and i compliance with settlements oft lawsuits challenging state mti health and mental retardation z “It’s sort of hundred nan one has asket “Let me discredit the notion that re ligion and politics should not mix,” Hudson said. “Religious beliefs and private morality always play a key role in American public values and public policy.” “I don’t think there’s a Jew in the country that wouldn’t automatically say, ‘Haven’t we heard this before? Isn’t this what we came here to get away from?’,” Hudson said. Because Americans are in a time of weakness — feeling a sense of loss, confusion and instability — the easy answers provided by this group can seem attractive. This group claims to have an exclusive relationship with the deity, and if you follow their choices, you will know what God thinks is right'" Chrisman said, “We’re skik lots of money for people whnu help hut if you measure a socieiift'C rf/7/ /Oj ours by how we treat those who01 III CV aged and those who are children^ those who can’t help then we’ve got a long way to go. Battalion Classified 845-2611 Opposition to the religious right and their censorship attempts claim they do not oppose the religious right be ing active in politics. One of the problems with the reli gious right’s claims, Hudson added, is that they say there is only one an swer, one devine answer, and if you don’t agree with that, you can’t be devine. “Textbooks are a monument to dul lness,” Hudson said, “and the kids aren’t stimulated or excited by them. “We’re in a crying need forasi egic plan. This is not a pi which you can simply throw dol and expect to have results. 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