Here's some good news. In the wake of the Dover trial, there were elections for the Dover school board held last night. The result? How about all 8 board members who supported the intelligent design policy got voted out and all 8 challengers who opposed the policy were voted in, including one of the plaintiffs in the case? That's as thorough a victory as one could possibly hope for and I hope this sends a message to other school boards that not only do you risk a lawsuit when you pursue policies that bring in religious alternatives into science classrooms, but you risk your seat on the board too. Not a bad way to put a bow on the whole situation, is it?
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The outcome is spoiled by the Kansas school board voting to send science education over the rainbow.
Not entirely spoiled. I feel really heartened by the decision of PA voters. I can almost hear the bitch-slap reverberating here in Madison.
I'm glad to see that people unschooled in science aren't in general as easy to fool as I'd worried they were.
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Thanks for the headsup. Apparently it was linked to a temporary article from last night, which was replaced by something more permanent this morning.
My ex works for a phone center that does polling. They just finished a poll of Kansas residents about 3-4 weeks ago. I am beginning to wonder who the poll was for (they'r never told) because, overwhelmingly the results were pro-creationism (most of those polled had never heard of ID) even among those with a degree higher than a bachelors. Still, there were enough adamantly against it to put up a court challenge.