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This follows on yesterday's
11-4 vote by the Ohio Board of Education to remove from its science standards
and related model lesson plan language encouraging teachers to
critically analyze evolutionary theory. More on my blog
************************************* From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 2/14/2006 11:58 PM To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu Subject: ACLU of Ohio Demands Schools Stop Teaching Intelligent Design asScience Excerpt of 2/14/2006 press release:
TOLEDO, OH -- The American Civil Liberties Union
of Ohio today sent a letter to the Toledo Public Schools demanding that they
cease allowing staff to teach intelligent design in science classrooms
throughout the district.
"Intelligent design has been proven to be nothing
more than a thin cover for those who wish to teach creationism, a faith-based
idea of human origins endorsed by certain Christian denominations, in science
classes," said ACLU of Ohio Legal Director Jeffrey Gamso. "While people have a
right to teach their religious beliefs to others in churches, mosques,
synagogues and private schools, public schools should not be used by people to
teach their personal religious beliefs to other people's children."
Gamso added, "Proponents of intelligent design
have been unable to provide any credible scientific evidence to support their
theories. The scientific community has, time and again, largely refuted
purported evidence supporting intelligent design. By continuing to allow
teachers to implement intelligent design into the science curriculum, educators
are misinforming Ohio's children on the fundamental principles of
science."
The remainder of the press release is at
Allen Asch |
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