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Oklahoma GOP Platform Requires Teaching Creationism

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Mich-again4/30/2009 8:06:48 pm PDT

Hmm, some inconsistencies in the Education section..

1. We support parental or legal guardian choice of schooling whether public, private, or home-based… We support the constitutional right in Oklahoma for parents, even without a college degree and/or teacher’s certificate to home-school their children.

and

7. We believe in high academic standards. Promotion and graduation should be accomplished through specifically predefined standards.

And there is this

4. While the objective study of philosophy and religion can be beneficial, public schools should not be endorsing any specific religion or philosophy.

and

7. We believe that the scientific evidence supporting Biblical creation should be included in Oklahoma public schools curricula,…