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It has been more than 25 years since the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that mandated religious instruction in science classes, yet lawmakers in many states are still pushing ahead with attempts to force creationist concepts into the public schools.
The 2013 legislative session has just begun, and there are already anti-evolution bills (in some cases more than one) circulating in Missouri, Montana, Colorado, Oklahoma and Indiana.
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Its ironic that creationist strategies continue to evolve, NCSE Executive Director Eugenie Scott told the Joplin (Mo.) Independent. At first, creationists tried to ban the teaching of evolution in the public schools altogether. When they were no longer able to do so, they tried to balance it with the teaching of biblical creationism, or scientific creationism, or intelligent design.
After the Kitzmiller trial in 2005, she continued, in which teaching intelligent design was found by a federal court to be unconstitutional, theres been a shift toward belittling evolution as just a theory, or as in need of critical analysis, or as the subject of scientific controversy.
http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2013/01/creationism-commotion-five-states-have-anti-evolution-bills-in-play/
KansDem
(28,498 posts)Where's Kansas?
I thought Kansas would be on the list...
I just cheered out loud when I saw that Kansas was not on the list and then I remembered the lists we are on......so much for being happy about something in Kansas.