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Religions > Atheism |
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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29 Jan 2004 03:29:51 AM |
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In the News: Darby trustees postpone origins decision |
From the article:
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DARBY - A relay filibuster Wednesday night forced the Darby school
board to postpone its decision on whether to adopt the controversial
objective origins policy.
Dozens of people spoke about concerns, and in support of the policy
that would broaden the school's science curriculum.
Board Chairwoman Gina Schallenberger continued the discussion until
Monday at 7 p.m. because the stenographer recording the comments
couldn't continue past 9:30 p.m.
Community members voiced concern and support for the policy at special
meetings Monday and Wednesday, and trustees heard legal arguments for
and against the policy change. The policy is based on a push to teach
intelligent design theory - a biological origins theory that assumes
there is a designer of the biological world.
David DeWolf, law professor at Gonzaga Law School told trustees that
fears of a lawsuit and loss of accreditation are unfounded.
County attorney James McCubbin and Elizabeth Kaleva, attorney for the
Montana School Boards Association, strongly advised against the
adoption, citing a likelihood that the school district would be sued
and may lose accreditation.
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Read the rest at
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2004/01/29/news/news02.txt
J. Spaceman
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| User: "catshark" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: Darby trustees postpone origins decision |
29 Jan 2004 07:29:37 AM |
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:29:51 +0000 (UTC), Jason Spaceman
<I@Eat.Spammers.For.Breakfast.com> wrote:
From the article:
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DARBY - A relay filibuster Wednesday night forced the Darby school
board to postpone its decision on whether to adopt the controversial
objective origins policy.
Dozens of people spoke about concerns, and in support of the policy
that would broaden the school's science curriculum.
Board Chairwoman Gina Schallenberger continued the discussion until
Monday at 7 p.m. because the stenographer recording the comments
couldn't continue past 9:30 p.m.
Community members voiced concern and support for the policy at special
meetings Monday and Wednesday, and trustees heard legal arguments for
and against the policy change. The policy is based on a push to teach
intelligent design theory - a biological origins theory that assumes
there is a designer of the biological world.
David DeWolf, law professor at Gonzaga Law School told trustees that
fears of a lawsuit and loss of accreditation are unfounded.
DeWolf is the Discovery Institute's legal strategist and has co-authored
their brief for the teaching ID in public schools. You can get a copy
here:
Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, Or Religion, Or Speech?
<http://law.gonzaga.edu/people/dewolf/>
It's been a while since I've read it (given the DI's seeming abandonment of
attempts to get ID actually taught) but it boils down to "if it only walks
like a duck but doesn't quack like one, it ain't necessarily a duck".
DeWolf's presence in Darby may signal that they haven't abandoned getting
ID affirmatively taught.
Incidently, the lawsuit mentioned in the article isn't an anticipated ACLU
or other anti-ID suit, per se. The County attorney was warning that the
Board shouldn't change the curriculum without first receiving approval from
the State because it could lose accreditation and, therefore, State and
Federal funds, which could lead to taxpayer suits. That would primarily
depend on the political reaction of the Montana Department of Education, so
DeWolf might be right about that. But it is disingenuous at best, if that
is what he did, for him to assure the Board that there will be *no*
litigation should they go ahead and approve the teaching of ID in public
schools.
The people of Darby might want to re-read the story of Abraham and Isaac.
[...]
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J. Pieret
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LAWYER, n.
One skilled in circumvention of the law.
- Ambrose Bierce -
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