Catholic Diocese Blocks Obama School Speech. Church Politics of the Lunatic Fringe.

Isn't it time we start making churches pay their fair share of taxes...

Wisconsin State Journal: Catholic schools in Madison should not broadcast President Barack Obama's back-to-school address Tuesday, the Catholic Diocese of Madison instructed principals in a letter this week.

"It would be irresponsible of any teacher to introduce to her/his students material that the teacher has not screened, evaluated, found to be educationally sound and then integrated into the lesson plan as a means of meeting the standards of the curriculum," according to the letter from Michael Lancaster, superintendent of Catholic schools in the Madison diocese.

The letter goes on to say it appears the message will only reiterate messages already delivered every day such as "work hard, be responsible, set goals and don't give up."

Officials with the Madison School District have said teachers will decide whether to tune their classrooms in to the back-to-school address. Students who don't want to listen can leave class without penalty."

As long as we allow the few "school yard bullies," church leaders and racist parents get their way in marginalizing the president, we will have ceded the political winds to lunatics.