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Not only do they want to force teachers to promote this creationist nonsense, they want the government to pay for it.
Republican Senator At Center Of D.C. Madam Scandal Earmarks $100K For Christian Anti-Darwin Group
Sen. David Vitter, R-La., earmarked $100,000 in a spending bill for a Louisiana Christian group that has challenged the teaching of Darwinian evolution in the public school system and to which he has political ties.
The money is included in the labor, health and education financing bill for fiscal 2008 and specifies payment to the Louisiana Family Forum “to develop a plan to promote better science education.”
The earmark appears to be the latest salvo in a decades-long battle over science education in Louisiana, in which some Christian groups have opposed the teaching of evolution and, more recently, have pushed to have it prominently labeled as a theory with other alternatives presented. Educators and others have decried the movement as a backdoor effort to inject religious teachings into the classroom.
The nonprofit Louisiana Family Forum, launched in Baton Rouge in 1999 by former state Rep. Tony Perkins, has in recent years taken the lead in promoting “origins science,” which includes the possibility of divine intervention in the creation of the universe.
The group’s stated mission is to “persuasively present biblical principles in the centers of influence on issues affecting the family through research, communication and networking.” Until recently, its Web site contained a “battle plan to combat evolution,” which called the theory a “dangerous” concept that “has no place in the classroom.” The document was removed after a reporter’s inquiry.
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Every time I think we might make progress in the nation's general perception of the southern states, some nimrod like Vitter comes along and shoots us down again. When Jeffords declared as an Independent back in 2001, he said he hadn't left the R Party, the R Party had left him. It's gone nothing but farther into fascist fantasyland since.
Barbara Fitzpatrick