Stupid Kansas ruins Tuesday
Big wins for the Dems in Ohio, in Virginia, on Long Island, in Maine, in Minnesota, in New Jersey, in California and in Pennsylvania. Only our neighbor to the east has let the country down. Jodi Wilgoren of The New York Times reports that "The fiercely split Kansas Board of Education voted 6 to 4 on Tuesday to adopt new science standards that are the most far-reaching in the nation in challenging Darwin's theory of evolution in the classroom... Among the most controversial changes was a redefinition of science itself, so that it would not be explicitly limited to natural explanations."
Yeah, you wouldn't want any science being taught in science class. Based on what happened yesterday in Dover, Penn., I have to assume that there are six people on the Kansas Board of Education who ought to be afraid for their jobs right about now.
Yeah, you wouldn't want any science being taught in science class. Based on what happened yesterday in Dover, Penn., I have to assume that there are six people on the Kansas Board of Education who ought to be afraid for their jobs right about now.
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How frightening! Not only are the lines between church and state blurring but also the lines between religion and science.
UPDATE: Check out this post by Amy Sullivan of The Washongton Monthly:
"Today we learn that Bush's IRS is investigating a prominent liberal Episcopal church because of a sermon last fall in which the minister condemned Bush's policy in Iraq. (No word on whether the agency is also going after the Baptist church that kicked out members who voted for John Kerry. Or the churches that helped out the Bush/Cheney campaign last year by sending in their membership directories. Or the Catholic priests who told parishioners it would be a sin to vote for Kerry.) Don't cry for the Episcopalians, though. They had an out. The IRS offered them a sweet deal: Admit that you violated the law, never do it again, and we'll drop the investigation. That kind of 'deal' is usually called 'intimidation.' If a Democratic administration went after a conservative church and threatened its tax-exempt status over statements made during a sermon, it's safe to assume all hell would break loose. You wouldn't be able to turn on a cable channel without hearing some host intoning, 'Is there a Democratic war on faith?' Conservatives would fill the airwaves, newsprint, and blog pages with condemnations of 'liberal bigots who hate religion.' Can we expect a similar response from the left now?"
The full text is at http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_11/007521.php.
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