Religions > Atheism > Kansas: State school board dismisses push for religion standards
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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11 Nov 2004 06:35:05 AM |
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Kansas: State school board dismisses push for religion standards |
From the article:
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BY KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH
The Wichita Eagle
TOPEKA - A push to establish guidelines for teaching religion in schools failed
to garner support at Wednesday's State Board of Education meeting.
Board member Bill Wagnon, a history professor at Washburn University, sought to
head off a debate over religion during upcoming discussions of science
standards and evolution.
But his motion didn't even get a second at Wednesday's meeting.
"I had hoped the board members would recognize religion is a distinct academic
discipline," he said. "We need to respect the boundaries between science and
religion. People are confusing the two."
But other board members said religion education guidelines aren't necessary and
wouldn't prevent discussion of religion during the debate over evolution.
Wagnon said theories such as creationism and intelligent design belong, if
anywhere, in discussions on comparative religion in humanities courses, not in
science classes.
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Read it at http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/10149744.htm
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| User: "Marc Carter" |
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| Title: Re: Kansas: State school board dismisses push for religion standards |
11 Nov 2004 07:01:00 AM |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:35:05 +0000, Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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BY KATHERINE LEAL UNMUTH
The Wichita Eagle
TOPEKA - A push to establish guidelines for teaching religion in schools
failed to garner support at Wednesday's State Board of Education meeting.
Board member Bill Wagnon, a history professor at Washburn University,
sought to head off a debate over religion during upcoming discussions of
science standards and evolution.
But his motion didn't even get a second at Wednesday's meeting.
"I had hoped the board members would recognize religion is a distinct
academic discipline," he said. "We need to respect the boundaries between
science and religion. People are confusing the two."
But other board members said religion education guidelines aren't
necessary and wouldn't prevent discussion of religion during the debate
over evolution.
Wagnon said theories such as creationism and intelligent design belong, if
anywhere, in discussions on comparative religion in humanities courses,
not in science classes.
I've left Oz (New York) and am now in Kansas, and I have to say, there's a
lot more for me to do here. I'm actually thinking of running for the
school board; trouble is, I live in the only reasonably progressive part
of Kansas (Douglas County), so I feel less useful. (We actually gave
more money to democratic candidates than republican ones!)
Creationists are, if nothing else, clever. It's like playing Whack-a-Mole.
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