the Ohio Department of Education voted 17-0 on Tuesday to pass a "resolution of intent" to adopt science standards that would allow students to "investigate and critically analyze" Darwin's theory of evolution. ...
"The new language is a clear victory for students, parents, and scientists in Ohio who have been calling for a 'teach the controversy' approach to evolution,'" ...
Those in the scientific mainstream say there is no genuine dispute over evolution — at least not within scientific circles. ...
People for the American Way flew in Ed Asner to read from Inherit the Wind [to promote an evolution requirement in Kansas] ...
It is amusing to see people argue about whether or not there is a controversy about something. It is also amusing to see the Science position represented by a TV actor working for a leftist political front reading from a fictionalized anti-McCarthyism play in order to make a statement about what is scientific and how other views should be suppressed.
CNN says: "The standards put into writing what many school districts already do -- teach evolution, but also explain that there is debate over the origin of life."
Bob writes: "If this were a legitimate scientific controversy it would be great. Unfortunately this is an attempt to pass religion off as science."
I don't see how it can be religion to critically analyze a scientific theory.
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