They were engaging in something called "irony". It is ironic that they are going to push the boundaries of knowledge further out at the same time that the forces of ignorance are trying to gain the upper hand in the schools.Actually jennyp, it was the Boston Globe's interpretation:
The initiative begins amid increasing controversy over the teaching of evolution, prompted by proponents of ''intelligent design,"...
Sounds like you might be engaging is something called "mind-reading" to support your conclusion. Who knows - you might be right - but unless you wrote this article or are personal friends with the person who did...well....
That is a ludicrous statement! Some people are asking schools to study MORE about the origin and evolution (small e) of life - to examine the data without evolution tainted glasses and you call them "the forces of ignorance"
How Orwellian of you - if anybody looks beyond the evolutionist man behind the curtain - you can them ignorant. If anybody dares to question or even gather data that may run contrary to your beloved and cleaved to theory – you call them ignorant. You seem to believe your theory is so perfect that no further intellectual effort should be applied unless it contains the a priori assumption that Darwinist Evolution is the alpha and omega.
History is full tyrannies that follow this modus operandi - although the usual culprit was religion