Good news out of Oklahoma for once:
When the Oklahoma legislature adjourned sine die
on May 25, 2012, no fewer than three legislative attempts to attack the
teaching of evolution and of climate change (i.e., Senate Bill 1742, House Bill 1551 and an amendment to House Bill 2341) were finally laid to rest.
All three would have encouraged teachers in the public schools of the
Sooner State to present the "scientific strengths and scientific
weaknesses" of "controversial" topics such as "biological evolution" and
"global warming."
One of these days, I'm going to have to sift through the NCSE's archives and see exactly how many of these bills floated in state legislatures contain the usual weasel words concerning the supposed "controversies" concerning "biological evolution" and "global warming". I'm not going to be able to get around to it now, but my guess is that the over-under is around 15 bills in total since January 2011. Place your no-prize wagers and we'll see.
(Also on WTTFTG)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
If there's anything I've learned over the last few years it's that Paul's political groupies really need to get over themsel...
-
Adios, Pete. The Buzzcocks were easily one of my favorite first-generation punk bands growing up, capable of combining melodic sensibiliti...
No comments:
Post a Comment