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DeLay: Do not send your kids to A&i
By Sommer Bunce
THE BATTALION
To the sound of applause in a church
sanctuary, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay told par
ents not to send, their children to Texas
A&M or Baylor universities. }.
In response to a question from the audi
ence of Pearland’s First Baptist Church last
week. House majority whip DeLay (R-
Sugar Land) urged parents to ask the state to
“throw the P.C. out and bring God in.”
DeLay, a 1970 graduate of the University
of Houston, criticized A&M, saying his
daughter, a 1995 A&M graduate, was
shocked to learn students had sex in their
residence halls.
“Texas A&M used to be a conservative
University,” DeLay said. “It’s lost all of its
conservatism and it [has] renounced its tra
ditions. It’s really sad. My daughter went
there, she had horrible experiences witli co
ed dorms and guys who spent the weekends
in the rooms with girls and all this kind of
stuff went on there.”
DeLay was unknowingly taped by
someone in the church April 12, and the
tape recording was then released to the
media by the Washington-based group
Americans United for Separation of
Church and State.
“Here in Texas, even at Baylor, they
can't even teach creationism without
being kicked out of the ... college,” the
unidentified audience member says on the
tape. “Is there anything we can do about
it, besides pray?”
In response, DeLay says, “Don’t send
your kids to Baylor. And don't send your
kids to A&M.”
A&M spokesperson Cynthia Lawson
declined to comment on DeLay’s
but said most graduates feel they rccetf
good education.
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are still Christian schools in Texas.
“There are still some Christian
out there, good, solid schools, he
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DeLay should visit the Waco campus
criticizing it. . , y,
Steve Benen of Americans Unite s •
DeLay’s response to hearing it"® 1 "
organization that released the tape
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“It’s surprising to see someone o
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