Evolution Disclaimer Proposed for Miss. Textbooks

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Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:06 pm Agree: 4   Disagree: 1

"A Mississippi state representative wants disclaimers put in all Mississippi public school textbooks that teach evolutionary theory."

I want disclaimers in textbooks that teach atomic theory. And I want disclaimers in textbooks that teach general relativity and quantum mechanics, since both theories contradict each other. Why don't Republicans listen to me when I make these demands?!

"Republican Representative Gary Chism...."

Why is it almost always the Republicans who are evil? Attacking science is counter-survival of the United States: it causes great injury to the country.

"'So this is just a way of letting [those] kids who take these subjects know that there may be another explanation of how we all got here.'"

How very odd that Creationists have never been able to offer any details on what their "other explanations" are. *NEVER!* They could not do it in Dover, PA; they could not do it in San Juan Capistrano, CA; they could not do it in Arkansas.

"The bill is currently in committee, but Chism says it has been met with a lot of opposition."

For the same reason that "disclaimers" in math books would also be opposed. Telling students that there are "other alternatives" to 7 being the sum of 3+4 is just as asinine as saying there are "other alternatives" to evolutionary theory explaining evolution.

"'I am confident that this bill is...dead on arrival,' he lamented. '...I don't think the [committee] chairman will even take the bill up.'"

Translation: "I proposed the Bill because I know my uneducated and ignorant constituents (i.e., the majority) will vote for me when I attack science education."