Update on the previous post..

So there is an update on Jason Linkins blog entitled: Obama Schoolchildren Speech Drives Right-Wing Batty. The post in it's entirety is below. I highly recommend reading it directly from his blog. In any case, I think it's unfair to make a decision for the children in these school that could be counter to their parent's wishes. The address is optional. Parents can request that their children be excused but to take away the option is suppression. Communism, so to speak. Here's the update:

UPDATE, 8:17 P.M. EST: ABC News is reporting that some school districts in six states (Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota), are refusing to air President Obama's speech to students.

*Link, again*

I believe I've mentioned that in high school the superintendent forbid my biology teacher to teach us about evolution. In fact, we were told to rip the entire chapter from our text books. I wish I had had the courage then to confront the school board and demand my right to a complete education. It's insulting to me that I wasn't given the opportunity to process ALL of the information on my own. It's also ignorant to dismiss evolution. It IS a fact and eventually you have to leave the bubble of censorship. I went to college with my mind long set on a biology major. I already had voraciously studied the subject on my own. I was fine, but the choice should NOT have been a personal one made by someone who abused his power. I will be displeased if my daughter(s) are not given the opportunity to watch the address. VERY displeased.