"Social justice is contrary to traditional American notions of justice and the United States Constitution and based on individual rights. Social justice teaches children that America is an oppressive and unjust society that should be changed!" So says Dr. Terry Batton a preacher & leader of the Barbour County TEA Party as he ranted against SB443 in committee yesterday in Montgomery. 
If Jesus were still in His tomb, he'd be rolling so fast that it would surely measure on the Richter Scale.
Opposition to Common Core spans the political spectrum, and I have left-leaning friends who oppose the standards, warning that they rely too much on high-stakes testing and will increase the corporatization of American education. They're frustrated that people don't take them seriously - and it's people like Batton who have poisoned the well for the opposition.
Mention anti-Common Core & someone like Dr. Batton is the stock image that pops up: a minister who rails equally against "homosexuality" and "redistribution of wealth," considering them both "anti-Christian and anti-Catholic." I'm wondering about the difference between "Christians" and "Catholics," but he didn't provide specifics.
Well, he gets one thing right:
"Look at our government today. Do you really trust this Congress with the future of your children?"
Heck no. I wouldn't trust Eric Cantor or John Boehner to select the brand of toilet paper for the Congressional bathrooms.
But I also don't trust people like this to get anywhere near our state's educational system or standards.