Posted on 12/19/2006 2:19:29 PM PST by Sopater
ATLANTA — A suburban school board that put stickers in high school science books saying evolution is "a theory, not a fact" abandoned its legal battle to keep them Tuesday after four years.
The Cobb County board agreed in federal court never to use a similar sticker or to undermine the teaching of evolution in science classes.
In return, the parents who sued over the stickers agreed to drop all legal action.
"We certainly think that it's a win not just for our clients but for all students in Cobb County and, really, all residents of Georgia," said Beth Littrell of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia.
The school board placed the stickers inside the front cover of biology books in 2002 after a group of parents complained that evolution was being taught to the exclusion of other theories, including a literal reading of the biblical story of creation.
The stickers read: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."
A federal judge ordered the stickers removed in 2005, saying they amount to an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. The school board appealed, but a federal appeals court sent the case back, saying it did not have enough information.
"We faced the distraction and expense of starting all over with more legal actions and another trial," said board chairwoman Teresa Plenge. "With this agreement, it is done and we now have a clean slate for the new year."
School board attorney Linwood Gunn said the agreement is not an admission that the stickers were unconstitutional. "The school board attempted to reach what they thought was a reasonable compromise," he said.
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It shows what the real agenda is of these folks if a sticker that states what should automatically be considered part of science is *endorsing religion*. It's not about science at all; it's about keeping religion out of the schools using science as the weapon of choice. I'd bet that the ACLU doesn't give a rats hindend about whether efvolution is true of not. All they care about is getting the most mileage of the theory that they can in their efforts to rid the US of any trace of Christianity.
Just google the term.
Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Brief Summary on the Theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin.
Yeah, particularly when all the great scientists throughout the history of Western Civilization believed in the Creator.
Thanks for the tip, but I was thoroughly indoctrinated in public school on what constitutes Darwin's theory of evolution. I got A's in those classes, too.
Details, details.
You and I are not in disagreement.
I'm happy about that actually. Later.
...and by "public schools," I also mean the University of California.
That is true of all of science. No theory in science is ever proven. All a scientist can do is collect data that tends to support the theory. But that is not a proof. The sticker seems to be quite accurate. I think they should put it back on the books.
The analogy between "theories" in science is not absurd. Both theories, and many others, meet the test of what a theory is.
Gravity is perhaps more testable in real time. That's not the fault of evolution or to the credit of gravity. It is what it is.
What is nonsense is your suggestion that the teaching of it somehow reduces the number of people who either question it or work to refine it. By that logic, we'd create a bunch more scientists if we kept kids out of school altogether.
Kind of makes you wonder how the human race survived and science progressed before the Scopes Trials, doesn't it? /roll eyes
Obviously, there were no technological advances as all human knowledge is based on Darwinism.
No, I live in the real world, and that's what the taxpayer is.
Maybe you live in some fantasy world where you're not paying more taxes every year. Maybe you live in some fantasy world where the taxpayer isn't considered the ultimate Deep Pockets.
Don't call me names. At least not that one.
Try reading the rest of the thread before hurling insults.
This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered.
I wasn't hurling insults and there's no need to read the rest of the thread as I was replying to a particular post of yours not your entire posting history.
What is your definition of theory? And what do you think a high school kid thinks the definition is?
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