Posted on 01/13/2005 10:27:02 AM PST by Radix
ATLANTA (AP) A federal judge on Thursday ordered the removal of stickers placed in high school biology textbooks that call evolution ''a theory, not a fact,'' saying they were an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.
The disclaimers were put in the books by school officials in suburban Cobb County in 2002.
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lloks like we posted at almost the same time.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1320108/posts
So what. So the Federal Court has made a ruling. I'm shaking. If the school fails to remove the stickers, what can the court do? Nothing. They have no teeth. We need to just ignore these ridulous rulings where Federal Courts are poking there noses where there is no jurisdiction.
"Mr. Marshall has made his ruling. Now let him enforce it." - Andrew Jackson
Yes yes! When you get an unconstitutional ruling, Just say "NO"
Another Clinton appointee.
Very good point. Just keep doing it, let the judges inforce the LAWS that they are making. I think these judges need to go back to school and learn about the seperation of powers.
Exactly which religion does this sticker endorse?
None! These Judges need their own words thrown back in their face. "discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, or "religion""
This is the most convoluted logic by a judge I have seen since that idiot let that women get out of prison after killing her kids.
Evolution is also a religion. Science is based upon observation. Since scientists could not observe creation, they base their THEORY on faith that it is what happened. Theory should not be taught as scientific law or fact.
I was actually looking for a different article to post when I saw this one. Moderator will probably close this one.
What do you suppose would happen if a Muslim organization complained that the teaching of evolution blasphemed Allah and demanded it be stopped? Islam accepts and teaches the Creation as described in Genesis.
Former Chief-Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court did just that...
We would tell the muslims to stick it too.
THEORIES, in the scientific community, have a different MEANING than for the general public. One can have a THEORY about what's wrong with his car. This kind of theory is entirely different from real scientific theories. Scientific theories form the foundation of all modern scientific work and are indeed constantly questioned, attacked, and sometimes overhauled (eg: theories of space and time as they progressed from Aristotle -> DesCartes -> Newton -> Mach -> Einstein).
We, as a civilization, profit enormously from the myriad scientific theories that have made possible nearly every single technological improvement in our lives. It seems you want to have all the benefits of science, but want to accept only those scientific consequences which don't clash too hard against your (increasingly) antiquated religious beliefs. How many times throughout history has science (and it's theories) been attacked by religion only to eventually squeeze through the dogma out of the sheer human sense of self-preservation? Eschew science all you like, but without those theories we would all still be living according to the broken laws of God rather than nature - those were called the "Dark Ages" for a reason.
That's correct When Roy Moore was just a district judge, the Federal Court made a ruling and he ignored it in open defiance. And the Governor, Fob James supported him. He said if any official tried to take the Ten Commandments out of his courtroom, he would call out the National Guard to protect it.
Then Moore was elected Chief Justice and put in that monument and the court made another ruling which was likewise ignored. This time he had no support from the new governor or Attorney General Pryor (now a Federal Judge) If the other members of the Supreme Court had supported him in open defiance, nothing would have happened. The ACLU would be left twisting in the wind.
Sidebar: Moore is gone but that monument is about 100 feet from where it was and a new hero judge is wearing the Ten Commandments on his robe.
"We know who have abused us. The time is coming when they shall lick the dust and melt away" - Samuel Adams
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