[2006/07/08] Darwinists Foment Civil Disobedience Against Questioning Darwinism
Darwinists Foment Civil Disobedience Against Questioning
Darwinism 07/08/2006 The
new science standards in Kansas require students to learn more about
evolution, including evidence for and against it (see Discovery
Institute press release). The standards specifically exclude the
teaching of intelligent design theory. To some activist groups,
however, this requirement is so intolerable, they want teachers to disobey
it. According to Evolution
News, there is a campaign of misinformation about the standards,
especially from “Kansas Citizens for Science,” including calls for
teachers to disregard them. In response, the Discovery
Institute has launched a new website, Stand Up for Science, trying
to correct the misrepresentations with fact sheets and resources. It
includes a petition for citizens to join forces in supporting the new
standards. According to Discovery
Institute, Kansas joins four other states (Ohio, Pennsylvania, New
Mexico and Minnesota) and numerous local school boards requiring critical
analysis of evolution.
What will the ACLU do now? They
don’t have a legal leg to stand on, since (unlike the Dover case) there
is no requirement to teach any alternatives to Darwinism. This
puts the Darwin Party in the untenable position of having to argue that
a biological theory should be taught dogmatically. Science is
supposed to be the opposite of dogmatism. Anyone who
thinks evolution is not controversial among parents, students and
teachers (06/29/2006)
and among scientists themselves (06/14/2006,
06/09/2006)
hasn’t been paying attention. When the evolution-as-fact-only
crowd’s only course of action is to lie and disobey, it tells you they
have no legal grounds for opposing the standards, and – most of all – no
evidential case for arguing that evolution is so obvious and factual
that it is beyond scrutiny and therefore must be taught as dogma.
See the quote at the top right of this page.
[2006/07/08] Darwinists Foment Civil Disobedience Against Questioning Darwinism
