Only YOU can prevent creationism.
Posted by: Ken Salter in Education, Evolution, tags: creationism, Education, florida, texasThere are some rather unsettling events happening in Texas and Florida as of late. These events center around the educational system and what is approved to be taught to our children in public schools.
In Texas, Chris Comer, who has been the Texas Education Agency’s director of science curriculum for more than nine years, was “asked” to resign because of an email she forwarded. News Source Apparently, creationist cretins have managed to infect the Texas Education Agency, and are now exercising their power to silence their enemies.
In Florida, State Board member Donna Callaway has publicly stated that “other theories” should be taught along side evolution in the classroom. You can read more about her thoughts on the matter from an article on the Florida Baptist Weekly. But be warned, this article will at the very least give you a headache from the amount of idiocy contained within it. It could be the talking points of the Discovery Institute cut-n-pasted.
To me, the Wedge Strategy appears to be in full force, despite the monumental setback realized by the Dover decision. Frankly, I’m surprised that this issue hasn’t crept up yet here in Alabama that I’m aware of. It behooves us, the rational, to keep an ever-watchful eye on who is elected to our school boards, and their stance on the teaching of real science. These people who push to add their version of god to our public schools see this as a major milestone in the establishment of a theocracy in America. Don’t believe me? Read the Wedge Document. It’s scary.
If you live in Texas or Florida, please contact your government representatives and let them know how you feel. Real science taught be qualified, professional teachers is what our children, and our country, need desperately. Even now, America slips further behind Europe and Asia in science education, and this will have far-reaching effects in the years to come.
