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Creationists Linking Evolution with Global Warming

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Percy
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03-04-2010 2:57 PM

In today's New York Times: Darwin Foes Add Warming to Targets. First paragraph:
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Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation’s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.
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03-05-2010 7:16 AM 		Reply to: Message 2 by Taz
03-05-2010 12:25 AM

It's the same creationist approach applied to the climate debate, isn't it. They focus on one thing that supports their view and ignore everything else that doesn't: "If there was no flood then why are there seashells atop mountains?"
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Percy
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03-05-2010 9:46 PM 		Reply to: Message 6 by Coragyps
03-05-2010 9:08 PM

Coragyps writes:
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The fundy faction on Texas's State Board of Education more or less embraces all of that, as far as I can tell. Oh, and also in the news: a couple of the very fundy ones got voted out on Tuesday.
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What? Whoopee!
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I just checked the news, and Don McLeroy, the conservative former chairman who oversaw the review of the science curriculum in 2008, was voted out! And Cynthia Dunbar, who replaced McLeroy as chairperson after he was removed from that position by the state legislature and who is as loony as McLeroy and just as effectively destructive to science education, decided not to run this year. Her seat will be decided by a runoff election in April.
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With the turnover it isn't clear which direction the new board will lean, but let us hope that the Texas stranglehold on science textbooks is coming to an end.
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