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Thanks to Pharyngula for this wonderful bit of info

The Florida Citizens for Science has posted the Nov 20 meeting of the Taylor County Florida School Board:

Upon motion by Danny Lundy, seconded by Darrell Whiddon the Board adopted/approved the: 1.) Resolution regarding the new Sunshine State Standards for Science.

The adoped resolution is as follows:
Whereas, the Florida Department of Education has drafted and is now proposing new Sunshine State Standards for Science, the Taylor County School Board opposes the implementation of the new standards as currently presented.
Whereas, the new Sunshine State Standards for Science no longer present evolution as theory but as “the fundamental concept underlying all of biology and is supported in multiple forms of scientific evidence,” we are requesting that the State Board of Education direct the Florida Department of Education to revise/edit the new Sunshine State Standards for Science so that evolution is presented as one of several theories as to how the universe was formed.

Once again, the willfully ignorant and the pious frauds show their ugly heads. What other “theories” about the universe are they talking about? Do they know what a scientific theory actually is? And these people were elected to educate the children to help take this world into the 21st century, not the 15th century! Makes one wonder if humans are mature enough to have this so-called democracy. Perhaps the law can be changed so that to be able to decide scientific matters in education, one must demonstrate a high school level understanding of science.

This works on so many levels: