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  • Gov. Bush [Florida] oddly evasive on evolution

    10/09/2005 11:50:56 AM PDT · by PatrickHenry · 170 replies · 2,291+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | 09 October 2005 | MARC CAPUTO
    Jeb Bush, the self-styled straight-talking education governor, is having trouble speaking clearly about one of the hottest education topics these days: evolution. Bush isn't sure if the religiously inspired ''intelligent design'' concept belongs in public school science classrooms.''I don't . . . I don't know,'' he said Thursday. ``It's not part of our standards. Nor is creationism. Nor is Darwinism or evolution either.''He's wrong about that: Evolution is required. The Sunshine State Standards want high school students to understand ``how genetic variation of offspring contributes to population control in an environment and that natural selection ensures that those who are...