On 29/06/2008, at 3:17 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080627-louisiana-passes-first-antievolution-academic-freedom-law.html > > "Louisiana passes first antievolution "academic freedom" law > By John Timmer | Published: June 27, 2008 - 02:13PM CT
Here we go again. Hopefully this time, unlike in Dover, it'll get to the Supreme Court, and what they're *actually* proposing gets aired nationally and world wide. There are creationists groups active in the UK - "Truth In Science"; Australia (Ken Ham's from here originally, and the ICR is active here, with a major creationist camp happening on Philip Island early next year); and New Zealand. I highly recommend that anyone who hasn't reads the decision in Tammy Kitzmiller et al vs Dover Area School District in its entirety. For several years, the creationists were saying "give us our day in court" and the Discovery Institute was looking for a test case to get their Wedge Strategy in place, and they got that chance in Dover. Straight after Dover they switched to the "teach the controversy" thing (as if their entire strategy since the 80s wasn't based on pointing out flaws in evolution or geochronology...). And they've managed to finally dilute their message enough to get it through now. However, now it's a lot easier for a teacher to slam creationism in class as much as it's easier for them to teach it. Be careful what you wish for... Charlie. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
