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Religions > Atheism |
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"Fredric L. Rice" |
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10 Nov 2005 07:03:11 AM |
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Pennsylvania cultists lose |
November 9, 2005
Pennsylvania Voters Oust School Board
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 2:39 a.m. ET
DOVER, Pa. (AP) -- Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members
who backed a statement on intelligent design being read in biology class,
ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who want the
concept stripped from the science curriculum.
The election unfolded amid a landmark federal trial involving the Dover
public schools and the question of whether intelligent design promotes the
Bible's view of creation. Eight Dover families sued, saying it violates the
constitutional separation of church and state.4
Dover's school board adopted a policy in October 2004 that requires
ninth-graders to hear a prepared statement about intelligent design before
learning about evolution in biology class.
Eight of the nine school board members were up for election Tuesday. They
were challenged by a slate of Democrats who argued that science class was
not the appropriate forum for teaching intelligent design.
''My kids believe in God. I believe in God. But I don't think it belongs in
the science curriculum the way the school district is presenting it,'' said
Jill Reiter, 41, a bank teller who joined a group of high school students
waving signs supporting the challengers Tuesday.
A spokesman for the winning slate of candidates has said they wouldn't act
hastily and would consider the outcome of the court case. The judge expects
to rule by January; the new school board members will be sworn in Dec. 5.
School board member David Napierskie, who lost Tuesday, said the vote
wasn't just about ideology.
''Some people felt intelligent design shouldn't be taught and others were
concerned about having tax money spent on the lawsuit,'' he said.
Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have
been created by some kind of higher force. The statement read to students
says Charles Darwin's theory is ''not a fact'' and has inexplicable
''gaps.''
A similar controversy has erupted in Kansas, where the state Board of
Education on Tuesday approved science standards for public schools that
cast doubt on the theory of evolution. The 6-4 vote was a victory for
intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards.
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: Pennsylvania cultists lose |
10 Nov 2005 08:52:36 PM |
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The statement read to students says Charles Darwin's theory is ''not a fact'' and has
inexplicable ''gaps.''
I have read a hell of a lot of books written by scientists working in
the evolutionary sciences and *NONE* of them have ever said "Darwin's
theory" was a fact! None have ever said that evolutionary theory is a
fact.
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| User: "ZenIsWhen" |
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| Title: Re: Pennsylvania cultists lose |
10 Nov 2005 09:57:29 PM |
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The statement read to students says Charles Darwin's theory is ''not a
fact'' and has
inexplicable ''gaps.''
The history of ANY individual's family is filled with gaps .... that neither
means the person doesn't exist - or that the study of genealogy is wrong!
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