Jason Spaceman wrote:
The Lawrence Journal-World has a list of all the people involved in
the Kansas
Kangaroo Court this week, including the folks testifying in favour of
ID.
From the article:
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005
The players
? Steve Abrams is chairman of the State Board of Education and the
main mover to
hold the hearings. He is a conservative Republican from Arkansas
City, where he
works as a veterinarian. He supported the 1999 move to de-emphasize
evolution
and has been on the board since 1995.
? Connie Morris is a conservative Republican from St. Francis who has
served on
the board since 2003. She is a former elementary school teacher and
wrote an
autobiography about her recovery through Jesus Christ as a victim of
sex abuse,
substance abuse and poverty. In the past, Morris has said she
supported
teaching evolution alongside other origin of life theories, such as
creationism. She has also spoken in favor of banning the children of
illegal
immigrants from attending public schools.
? Kathy Martin is a conservative Republican from Clay Center. A
retired teacher,
she was elected last year, tipping the balance of the board back to
conservatives. She has said the teaching of creationism and
intelligent design
should be included in the science standards or evolution shouldn't be
taught.
? John Calvert is a retired attorney from Lake Quivira, and managing
director of
the Shawnee Mission-based Intelligent Design Network. Calvert has
spearheaded
opposition to the science standards and has rounded up 23 witnesses
to testify
in support of debunking basic precepts of evolution.
? Pedro Irigonegaray, a high-profile attorney from Topeka and
supporter of the
pro-evolution science standards, will cross-examine Calvert's
witnesses and
make his own presentation and closing remarks to the board.
? Steve Case is an assistant research professor at Kansas
University's Center
for Research on Learning. He is co-chairman of the 25-member science
standards
committee, which drafted proposed standards that are opposed by
conservatives
on the State Board of Education. Case has decided to boycott the
hearings and
says he hopes the electorate is outraged over the hearings and
defeats them at
the polls.
? Harry McDonald and Jack Krebs, leaders of Kansas Citizens for
Science, will
man a media booth to provide interviews and critiques of the
testimony before
the board.
The witnesses
A specific schedule of which witnesses will testify has not been
finalized,
according to the Kansas Department of Education.
John Calvert, however, lists the witnesses and their anticipated
dates of
testimony as the following:
Thursday
? William Harris, professor of medicine at University of Missouri at
Kansas
City. Harris led a group of eight members of the science standards
committee to
issue a minority report that criticizes evolution.
? Ralph Seelke, biology professor at University of Wisconsin.
? Bruce Simat, associate professor at North Western College, St.
Paul, Minn.
? Giuseppe Sermonti, retired professor of genetics at University of
Perugia,
Italy.
? Charles Thaxton, co-author of "The Mysteries of Life's Origin."
? Jonathan Wells, molecular and cell biologist, senior fellow at
Discovery
Institute, which promotes intelligent design, and author of "Icons of
Evolution."
Friday
? Russell Carlson, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at
University
of Georgia.
? Roger DeHart, biology teacher Oaks Christian High School, San
Diego.
? Robert Disilvestro, biochemist, nutrition professor, Ohio State
University.
? Daniel Ely, biology professor.
? Jill Gonzalez-Bravo, science teacher at Rose Hill (Kan.) Middle
School.
? Bryan Leonard, high school biology teacher.
? John Millam, theoretical chemist and software developer.
? Edward Peltzer, oceanographer, researcher in chemical evolution.
? John Sanford, associate professor at Cornell University.
Saturday
? Mustafa Akyol, spokesman for Islamic organizations interested in
origins
science.
? James Barnham, scholar and writer.
? Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry at Lehigh University.
? Nancy Bryson, assistant professor of chemistry at Kennesaw State
University.
? John Calvert, lawyer and managing director of Intelligent Design
network.
? Angus Menuge, philosophy professor at Concordia University.
? Stephen Meyer, director and senior fellow of the Center for Science
and
Culture at the Discovery Institute.
? Warren Nord, professor of philosophy of religion and education,
University of
North Carolina.
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Read it at http://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/203792
J. Spaceman
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I don't get this line up. If the claim that intelligent design will
not be discussed is true, what are guys like Behe and Meyers going to
be discussing? What do they have high school teachers for? The IDiots
made the AP retract the statment that ID was going to be discussed, so
if it isn't what are these guys going to discuss? It should be
interesting, maybe they lied about not discussing ID.
Ron Okimoto
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