TagsTagsMeanwhile in Tennessee, Republican Governor Bill Haslam has announced that he'll "probably" sign a right wing bill protecting teachers who tell their students that evolution and global warming are not real: Anti-Evolution 'Monkey Bill' Poised to Become Law in Tennessee. Although the bill is written to seem benign, as it ...
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As we’ve noted previously, New Mexico is one of several states in which Republican politicians have introduced bills intended to sneak the teaching of creationism into science classes, under the deceptive mantle of “academic freedom.” This multi-state effort is based on a Discovery Institute “model bill,” and many of the ...
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In New Mexico, the Legislative Education Study Committee has analyzed the stealth creationism bill (disguised as “academic freedom”) we recently noted, and discovered that it’s ... a stealth creationism bill. While it is difficult to predict the actual outcomes if SB 433 were enacted, the bill analyses by PED and ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, academic freedom, New Mexico
Add New Mexico to the lengthening list of states in which Republican politicians are introducing bills intended to sneak the teaching of creationism into science classes, under the deceptive mantle of “academic freedom.” (Hat tip: wrenchwench.) UPDATE at 2/20/09 8:41:10 pm: And again, the creationists at the Discovery Institute provided the model for ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, academic freedom, New Mexico
Some LGF readers have been asking, “Hey, why are you opposed to these ‘academic freedom’ bills? Do you hate academic freedom? What’s wrong with teaching kids all sides of the evolution controversy?” Before continuing, this needs to be said: there is no “evolution controversy,” except the bogus one ginned up by ...
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Following the lead of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, who promoted and signed into law a bill intended to sneak creationism into science classrooms, Republicans in one state after another are trying to do the same thing. The latest example is in Missouri: Antievolution legislation in Missouri. House Bill 656, introduced ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, discovery institute, academic freedom, Missouri
The deceptive “academic freedom” bills inspired and sponsored by the creationists at the Discovery Institute are multiplying out of control. In addition to the bills currently pending or already passed in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida, creationists are also pushing very similar legislation in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Michigan, Missouri, and ...
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