--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > PALIN: "Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. "Healthy > debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a > proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the > daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and > blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the > subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation > for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both > sides." [...] > > The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools > popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican > Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside > evolution in the state's public classrooms. > > Palin was answering a question from the moderator near the conclusion > of Wednesday night's televised debate on KAKM Channel 7 when she said, > "Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate > is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent > of teaching both." > > Her main opponents, Democrat Tony Knowles and Independent Andrew > Halcro, said such alternatives to evolution should be kept out of > science classrooms. Halcro called such lessons "religious-based" and > said the place for them might be a philosophy or sociology class. > > The question has divided local school boards in several places around > the country and has come up in Alaska before, including once before > the state Board of Education in 1993. > > The teaching of creationism, which relies on the biblical account of > the creation of life, has been ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court as an > unconstitutional injection of religion into public education. > > Last December, in a widely publicized local case, a federal judge in > Pennsylvania threw out a city school board's requirement that > "intelligent design" be mentioned briefly in science classes. > Intelligent design proposes that biological life is so complex that > some kind of intelligence must have shaped it. > > In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that > discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska > classrooms: > > "I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it > comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum." > > She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of > Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's > required curriculum. > > Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, > are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. > > "I won't have religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion > on evolution or creationism," Palin said. > > Palin has occasionally discussed her lifelong Christian faith during > the governor's race but said teaching creationism is nothing she has > campaigned about or even given much thought to. > > "We're talking about the gas line and PERS/TERS," she said Thursday, > referring to the proposed natural gas pipeline and public employee and > teacher retirement systems. > > The Republican Party of Alaska platform says, in its section on > education: "We support giving Creation Science equal representation > with other theories of the origin of life. If evolution is taught, it > should be presented as only a theory." [...] > > Full article - The Anchorage Daily News: http://tinyurl.com/6gf5gk >
Great, just who you need in charge: Someone who doesn't know how to evaluate evidence. That'll come in handy with issues like stem cell research and global warming. How can you teach *both* creationism and evolution? One has tons of ONLY supporting evidence, in fact it's the most sussed and demonstrably proven theory man has about anything, and the other..... Still, I suppose there are votes in it.
