Reading, Writing And Scientology?: ‘Bart Simpson’ Argues For Church-Affiliated Program In Schools

[salvorhardin]

Bart Simpson showed up at the Illinois legislature yesterday to lobby for character education in the public schools.

Well, not Bart himself. It was Nancy Cartwright, the actress who does Bart’s voice on the Fox cartoon comedy “The Simpsons.”

Cartwright came to the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee to tout H.R. 254, a resolution promoting “Good Choices,” a program affiliated with the Church of Scientology (of which she is a member). She denied that the program is religious, but conceded that it is based on The Way to Happiness, a book by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

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Frankly, this isn’t the first time there have been reports of Scientology outreach in the schools. A church affiliated anti-drug program popped up in California public schools a few years ago, and a Scientology-affiliated tutoring firm in Georgia has raised some parents’ eyebrows.

Religious Right activists relentlessly look for ways to evangelize in schools. I wonder what they think about letting the Church of Scientology do it? Somehow, I don’t think that’s what they have in mind.
Link: http://blog.au.org/2011/05/12/reading-writing-and-scientology-%E2%80%98bart-simpson%E2%80%99-argues-for-church-affiliated-program-in-schools-%E2%80%93-and-we-have-a-cow-man

[white_wolf]

1. I've always been a Lisa fan anyway,

Secondly, Scientology is a scam to make money. The founder even admitted as much.

[truebrit71]

5. ALL religions are scams to make money...

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[derby378]

2. School instruction based on dogma - ANY dogma - is dangerous

Teach the children how to read and write, and leave the friggin' dogma out of it.

[salvorhardin]

3. Just so.

[salvorhardin]

4. This isn't the first time Cartwright has provoked controversy

Voice of Bart Simpson Robo-Calls for Scientology
By Roy Edroso, Tue., Jan. 27 2009

We do like Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson et alia, but because she's just a voice we don't have much opportunity to look at her and say, "She really believes little aliens live inside her and has given $10 million to the people who made her crazy."

That may be coming up in our heads more often, alas, since we heard this tape (found via Xenu TV) of Cartwright robo-calling for a Scientology event. It's not so much that she starts by saying, "This is Bart Simpson" -- she quickly says she's just kidding and identifies herself. But she keeps talking in the voice of Bart as she announces "I'm now auditing on New OTVII," says that she will "share my many wins" as an "auditor" at a the Hollywood Scientology event, and assures us, "It's gonna be a blast, man! (Bart laugh)" before asking us to call and confirm our attendance. It's as if we'd heard Bugs Bunny making a speech for Hamas ("Poisonally, Doc, I prefer jihad").
Source: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2009/01/voice_of_bart_s.php

Note: The video posted there has been taken down, likely due to a Fox DMCA complaint.