re: #105 BigPapa

What is her view on evolution, creationism, or ID, and more importantly, what is her view on what children should (or should not) be taught about them?

Lowe is an outspoken creationist who is trying to get it into public schools: SBOE Members and Their Positions on Science Education:

Gail Lowe - District 14

Gail Lowe (Lampasas) is a Republican and has been a member of the SBOE since 2003. She may run for re-election in 2012.

Bio and Contact Information at SBOE site.

She voted for reintroducing the “strengths and weaknesses” in the 2009 standards.

She co-nominated Charles Garner, anti-evolutionist and chemistry professor, to the state science curriculum expert review panel in October, 2008.

In 2002 she Strongly Favored this position on Creationism: “Present scientific evidence supporting intelligent design, and not just evolution, and treat both theories as viable ones on the origin of life.”

In 2008 she Strongly Favored this position on “Evolution Weaknesses”: “Biology textbooks which do not teach both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of the theory of evolution must be rejected by the board.”