The People Have Spoken

Written by Jack Hassard

On November 10, 2005

Whew! What a day. First, the court case in Dover, PA came to a close on last Friday, and then yesterday all of the school board members that supported the inclusion of Intelligent Design into the science curriculum were swept out of office. That’s right they all lost their bid for re-election. Is the Judge listening? And in Kansas, the State Board of Education approved the new edition of the State’s Science Standards which redefined evolution, pointing out that it is a flawed theory. Furthermore, the board redefined science so that non-natural explanations could be used to explain natural phenomena. Kansas, we have a problem.

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