Wow. The pressure to conform to mandated religious dogma is just incredible.
What are they so afraid of and why?
Lou Cook
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From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 10:19 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Kansas may yet get high-tech jobs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Evolution was restored Wednesday as a central theory in
Kansas' science curriculum, ending a debate that subjected the state to
international ridicule over the teachings of the origins of man.
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Those standards brought Kansas
international attention and criticism from scientists and science groups who
saw evolution's de-emphasis as a step back.
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The board caused an uproar in 1999 when it voted 6-4 in favor of science
standards that critics said stripped evolution from its accepted place at
the
center of biological studies. Gov. Bill Graves called the board's action
``terrible, tragic, embarrassing.''