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- Subj: Teachers Warned About 'Anti-Satanists'
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- Washington, DC. (EP)-
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- As Halloween approached, the nations teachers were warned to be on the
- lookout, not for Satanic activity, but for people who oppose it.
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- An article in the October '90 issue of NEA Today, a publication of the
- National Education Association, warned educators that parents who express
- concerns about occult activity in schools are actually trying to undermine
- public education.
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- "And most important of all, report 'anti-satanist' activity immediately to
- your local (education) association," the article advised. "It's your best
- defense against what's usually the real aim of such activity--an attack on
- public education."
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- The article warned that anti-satanists "panic the public by
- exagerating....they tailor the facts to suit their beliefs." It noted that
- "right-wing and religious extremeists have accused school employees of
- witchcraft for using majic circles as a teaching technique, have forced
- school libraries to remove books that mention witches, or have secured bans
- on textbooks containing stories about violence or sorcery."
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- What were teachers to do if parental "hysteria" hit a school at Haloween? The
- article quoted an educator's advice: "Be watchful. Don't let any element in
- the community take the schools captive and make decisions that are rightfully
- ours."
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