The Anti-Defamation League is defending Education Secretary Rod Paige, saying the secretary was misquoted when he said he prefers Christian values in schools. The national director of the ADL, Abraham Foxman, said “it’s clear that the secretary’s words were not only taken out of context, they were changed to ignite a controversy.”
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