On 1 Feb 2012, at 08:09, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > It seems the US state of Indiana just made teaching creationism / scientology > etc as an alternative to Darwin's evolution compulsory. Wow. > > Maybe our kids in India aren't that badly off - and this could be a small > advantage in their futures - not going out into the world with addled minds. > > http://ncse.com/news/2012/01/indiana-creationism-bill-passes-senate-007182 > Very likely to be unconstitutional (and no doubt someone will file a challenge soon). This sort of thing tends to be a cat and mouse game with legislatures trying to draft something that will pass constitutional muster and opponents filing suit to overturn it..
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