A nice defeat for the Christian Right and a victory for reason. Religion should not be brought into the classroom. Hopefully the decision will remain permanent, not that it’ll stop the religious fundamentalists in Kansas from launching another counter attack soon.
Conservatives lose latest Darwin battle in Kansas
By Carey Gillam
TOPEKA, Kansas (Reuters) – The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday threw out science standards deemed hostile to evolution, undoing the work of Christian conservatives in the ongoing battle over what to teach U.S. public school students about the origins of life.
The board in the central U.S. state voted 6-4 to replace them with teaching standards that mirror the mainstream in science education and eliminate criticisms of evolutionary theory.
“I’m glad we’ve taken this step. If we are going to have a well-educated populace, this is important,” said board member Sue Gamble.
Similar efforts to weaken the teaching of evolution in public schools have occurred throughout the United States including Pennsylvania, Michigan, Kentucky and Georgia.
