The President of the United States should not have the power to declare what science teachers should teach. That it's even a remote possibility is a sign of federal mission creep - and presidential mission creep on top of it - so severe I'd be sorely tempted to vote for Ron Paul if I weren't a Democrat!
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: US Doomed > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 14:41:39 +0000 > > if creationist president elected: scientists > > "WASHINGTON (AFP) — A day after ordained Baptist minister Mike > Huckabee finished first in the opening round to choose a Republican > candidate for the White House, scientists warned Americans against > electing a leader who doubts evolution. > > "The logic that convinces us that evolution is a fact is the same > logic we use to say smoking is hazardous to your health or we have > serious energy policy issues because of global warming," University of > Michigan professor Gilbert Omenn told reporters at the launch of a > book on evolution by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). > > "I would worry that a president who didn't believe in the evolution > arguments wouldn't believe in those other arguments either. This is a > way of leading our country to ruin," added Omenn, who was part of a > panel of experts at the launch of "Science, Evolution and Creationism." > > Former Arkansas governor Huckabee said in a debate in May that he did > not believe in evolution. > > A poll conducted last year showed that 53 percent of Americans do > believe that humans developed over millions of years from less > advanced forms of life -- the theory of evolution -- while 47 percent > do not. > > Some of those polled said they believed in both evolution and the > opposing theory of creationism -- the belief that God created mankind > at a single point in time. > > The evolution versus creationism debate has crept into American > schools and politics, where it is mainly conservative Republicans who > espouse the non-scientific belief. > > In 2004, a Pennsylvania school district found itself at the center of > a national storm after its education board voted to require that a > statement on creationism be read to students when they began learning > about evolution in science class. > The school board was ousted the following year. > > "Science, Evolution and Creationism" targets the general public and > teachers, and presents in simple terms the current scientific > understanding of evolution and the importance of teaching it in the > science classroom." > > Doomed Maru > -- > William T Goodall > Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk > Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ > > "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit > atrocities." ~Voltaire. > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
