A Christian legal society is sending Barack Obama a message concerning his planned school address: "Mr. President, cease and desist."
Liberty Counsel founder Matt Staver tells OneNewsNow that the Department of Education [DOE] is engaging in illegal activity in the dispersing of educational material that will accompany President Obama's address to school children. He says it does not matter what Obama talks about because according to U.S. Code 20, Section 3403, the Secretary of Education, or any officer, is forbidden to engage in "any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system." "It's illegal because we don't want the President or the federal Department of Education to take over our schools. We don't want them creating curriculum, as the DOE is doing in this case. They're actually creating workbooks, they're setting aside time during the instructional portion of the school," he points out. "They're then beaming the President of the United States into all of these schools across the country. It is essentially a federal takeover of our state educational and locally run school systems." Staver believes the scheduling of the speech is politically motivated because Obama is delivering the speech as Congress comes back in session and at a time when he is trying to refocus the debate on healthcare. Staver contends that there are better ways to encourage kids to stay in school and study, and he adds that Obama has no business intruding upon required classroom time. He is urging Americans to speak out with one voice and ask Obama to "cease and desist."
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