JUDGE RULES EVOLUTION DISCLAIMERS "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"

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[SoFloFreeper]

ATLANTA (AP) -- Federal judge rules the evolution disclaimer stickers placed inside Cobb County science textbooks are unconsitutional.

[SoFloFreeper]

Judges again think they know best. :( Seems to me a local school board ought to be able to teach kids the way THEY see fit, not according to a federal judge's opinions.

[Enterprise]

Congress needs to abolish federal courts.

[writer33]

Judges again think they know best. :( Seems to me a local school board ought to be able to teach kids the way THEY see fit, not according to a federal judge's opinions.

Good God, FReeper. This is the 21st century. We can't do anything without a judges approval. Wake up and smell the Cafe Ole!

Denote heavy sarcasm.

On the serious side, I completely agree with you. It seems best to leave it to local control. For parents and schools to decide.

[Semper Paratus]

Evolution must be in the section of the Constitution that I missed, next to Abortion rights.

[agrace]

On what earthly basis???

[writer33]

Congress needs to abolish federal courts.

What kind of coffee are you drinking? Please see my post #3 please. :)

[alancarp]

Bingo BTTT.

[Lazamataz]

I am a firm believer in G-d-Directed evolution, but I think that this is not a constitutional issue and a simple disclaimer sticker should be allowed as a local decision. They're still teaching both ideas, so what's the big whoop over a sticker?

[mhking]

As the father of kids in Cobb's schools, the sticker is not the "make or break" proposition that everyone seems to think it is - the sticker's there; the teachers teach. Period.

The only complaint I've got with it, is the waste of tax money it takes to slap that sticker inside the front cover of each and every science textbook in the county.

There are far better things that I'd rather see my tax dollars spent on -- and dealing with the overzealousness of school board members ain't it.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[stremba]

This is big, probably need to ping the list!

[bigsigh]

unconstitutional?????????????

[ladtx]

Good deal!! Glad to see it!!

I know for a fact that the founding fathers were scared to death of those nasty disclaimer stickers.

[JmyBryan]

Though I'm on the "evolution side" of the argument, I'm unaware of any school curricula amendments to the constitution. Maybe the necessary and proper clause is all about mind control?

[xzins]

So Congress passed a law establishing a national religion by means of some local school board putting a sticker inside a textbook about a scientific controversy?

I didn't realize the constitution provided Congress with such a means of passing a law. Does the President have to sign it?

/sarcasm

[BibChr]

It was in that part of the Constitution that revoked the Declaration's statement that all men are "endowed by their Creator."

You know... right next to the penumbra.

Dan

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah. hmmm...Origin of the Species was written when? The Constitution was written when?

[Enterprise]

I ain't drinking no coffee - I wake up like this. But now that you mention it, it's time to put on a pot.

[Lancey Howard]

The Constitution is a "living document", to be used only as a kind of "guide" by our honorable judges. If it wasn't, then it would include some mechanism for amending it.

Oh wait....

[no more apples]

Too many high-flying judges...

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Regardless of your view on the sticker controversy, do you really want your local community's right to decide these matters forfeited to a federal court?