Freedumb! Indiana Legislators Return W. Bill Allowing Climate Denialism, Creationism In Schools
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This week, Raatz and Sen. Dennis Kruse — who has made a cottage industry out of taking swipes at evolution being taught in Indiana classrooms — filed a bill crafted from model legislation built by one of the leading anti-evolution think tanks in the United States.
Senate Bill 562 wouldn't demand that alternatives to evolution or climate change be taught. But it would protect a teacher who explored elements that are, as Raatz puts it, "open to debate" and not necessarily approved in the science curriculum.
To which the science community shook its head. "Here they go again," groaned Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, an Oakland-based group. "Sen. Kruse said he'd be back, and he wasn't lying," Branch said. "I suppose that I have to admit to a degree of exasperation."
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But Senate Bill 562 doesn't specifically mention evolution. Instead it covers "some scientific subjects, such as, but not limited to, human cloning, (that) may produce differing conclusions and theories." But Raatz said he would open the door to any controversial science topic — whether it includes intelligent design or anything else. The bill includes a caveat that it pertains only to the teaching of scientific information and "may not be construed to promote any religious or nonreligious doctrine." "Could it be seen as an anti-evolution bill? Could be," Raatz said. "That doesn't bother me at all. Essentially, we're saying there are competing theories and we should allow the discussion in the classroom. Not to promote anything or one over another. But that we should have the ability to discuss."
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http://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/columnists/dave-bangert/2015/01/20/evolution-science-back-bills-cross-hairs/22064443/
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> I'm going to bed now. Please wake me when the insanity is over.
... that you are going to have a l-o-n-g sleep ...
