Comments on: Christine O’Donnell and the First Amendment http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2010/10/20/christine-odonnell-and-the-first-amendment/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nina Kohl http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2010/10/20/christine-odonnell-and-the-first-amendment/#comment-927 Nina Kohl Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:41:55 +0000 http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/?p=97#comment-927 Thank you for adding links from the Wall Street Journal, etc., to your post. I think they give a fuller, more accurate picture of what happened in the debate. I appreciate your making the effort to provide unbiased, non-partisan information. I watched the entire fascinating debate, and for those who are interested, here's the debate in full: http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=383543576631 Thank you for adding links from the Wall Street Journal, etc., to your post. I think they give a fuller, more accurate picture of what happened in the debate. I appreciate your making the effort to provide unbiased, non-partisan information. I watched the entire fascinating debate, and for those who are interested, here’s the debate in full: http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=383543576631

]]> By: The Bill of Rights Institute http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2010/10/20/christine-odonnell-and-the-first-amendment/#comment-926 The Bill of Rights Institute Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:23:29 +0000 http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/?p=97#comment-926 Thank you for your interest in this issue. We do not endorse any political candidates. In this debate, there was a troubling lack of civic knowledge displayed. It's our mission at the Bill of Rights Institute to provide non-partisan resources to help enhance knowledge of our Constitution and the liberties it guarantees. We hope teachers found our lesson on The First Amendment and religous liberty to be useful resources in their classrooms. Thank you for your interest in this issue. We do not endorse any political candidates. In this debate, there was a troubling lack of civic knowledge displayed. It’s our mission at the Bill of Rights Institute to provide non-partisan resources to help enhance knowledge of our Constitution and the liberties it guarantees.

We hope teachers found our lesson on The First Amendment and religous liberty to be useful resources in their classrooms.

]]> By: Nina Kohl http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/2010/10/20/christine-odonnell-and-the-first-amendment/#comment-925 Nina Kohl Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:27:33 +0000 http://billofrightsinstitute.org/blog/?p=97#comment-925 In your defense of Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell, you give the mistaken impression that O’Donnell is more knowledgeable about our First Amendment freedoms than her opponent, Chris Coons, a Yale Law grad. Is that really a good civics lesson? Because David and Charles Koch, who fund the Bill of Rights Institute, have come under so much criticism for allegedly funding the Tea Party movement, questions of bias are a concern. As we all know, civics programs are desperately needed, and I applaud efforts to provide them – I just hope you’ll be careful to provide civics programs that educate instead of indoctrinate. In your defense of Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell, you give the mistaken impression that O’Donnell is more knowledgeable about our First Amendment freedoms than her opponent, Chris Coons, a Yale Law grad. Is that really a good civics lesson? Because David and Charles Koch, who fund the Bill of Rights Institute, have come under so much criticism for allegedly funding the Tea Party movement, questions of bias are a concern. As we all know, civics programs are desperately needed, and I applaud efforts to provide them – I just hope you’ll be careful to provide civics programs that educate instead of indoctrinate.

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