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2 posted on 10/07/2005 5:00:03 AM PDT by shuckmaster (Bring back SeaLion and ModernMan!)
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HALF of all Americans either don't know or don't believe that living creatures evolved. And now a Pennsylvania school board is trying to keep its pupils ignorant. It is the kind of story about America that makes secular Europeans chortle smugly before turning to the horoscope page. Yet it is more complex than it appears.

Allowing no questioning of this sacred theory is not keeping people ignorant? Who gives a flying flip what Eurropeans think? I sure don't. Europe is a land of feminized androgenous automatons - the whole continent smells like estrogen.

Eleven parents, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, two lobby groups, are suing to have the disclaimer dropped. Intelligent design, they say, is merely a clever repackaging of creationism, and as such belongs in a sermon, not a science class.

ACLU - the anti-American communist lawyer group that defends pedophiles and uses a legal form of extortion to get its way. Their involvement alone is enough reason to fight for the disclaimer!

Mr Miller is a practising Roman Catholic.

haha. So? Barry Lynn of Americans United is a reverend (cough, choke), and he never misses an opportunity to work against the acknowledgement of God in the public square.

The government has no business telling communities what to teach in their schools. I realize that evolution and communism fit together like a hand in a glove, but this is America, not the Soviet Union.

10 posted on 10/07/2005 5:55:43 AM PDT by SmartCitizen
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Thanks, but I'm thinking maybe we should give this stuff a day off. Or let's wait until some hot news about the trial pops up. Anyway, I've got the ping machine unplugged for the moment.
17 posted on 10/07/2005 6:27:53 AM PDT by PatrickHenry ( I won't respond to a troll, crackpot, half-wit, or incurable ignoramus.)
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HALF of all Americans either don't know or don't believe that living creatures evolved.

What can account for this?...either 1) ignorance due to apathy or poor education OR 2) disbelief due to understanding of the issue. Are there other explanations?

In a country where 65% of people think that creationism and evolution should be taught side by side, some boards inevitably agree,...

This really is the point - who should control the schools?...the courts or the parents/communities? Of course, if you take state money, you're subject to state regulation.

One solution: SEPARATION OF SCHOOL AND STATE.

49 posted on 10/07/2005 7:46:12 AM PDT by KMJames
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HALF of all Americans either don't know or don't believe that living creatures evolved. And now a Pennsylvania school board is trying to keep its pupils ignorant.

Truth hurts. I've been watching this one coming for a while.

55 posted on 10/07/2005 8:03:47 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Come back, Shane!)
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