Need to understand all the facts

Editor,

In a recent letter to the editor, Peter Daniels expressed his concern about Rick Jore's appointment to chair the Committee on Education.

The reason for his concern, apparently, was his assumption that Rick was opposed to public education.

I have found that sometimes I, too, have been opposed to some things because I have not always understood the facts.

I find it hard to believe that the citizens of Montana want the government to foist a curriculum on our children that would attempt to brainwash them to disbelieve in the God of creation, or to reject Biblical Christian morals in favor of picking and choosing whatever anyone thinks okay.

It seems quite clear to me that Rick thinks that parents should have a say about what their children are being taught.

I represent many others in Montana who do not want their children and grandchildren to be influenced to believe that the gay agenda is morally acceptable since it is being taught under the guise of "tolerance," or that it is intolerant to publish God's moral code of the Ten Commandments in our schools, or to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas as the birthday of our Saviour Jesus Christ.

If it were not for that historical event, there would be no Christmas.

Tolerance does not mean having to accept anything that comes down the pike, but to have respect for people and to allow them the freedom to express themselves even though we may not always agree with them.

Rick is not against public education, but rather that people should have the right to spend their tax dollars on the kind of education they want for their children. Is this not fair in a system of government we call "Democracy?"

Atheistic secularism has invaded our public schools, and this is why I believe Rick has taken the stand that he has.

Vern Hicks

Ronan