Apparently the next front in the battle to turn America into a nation full of gullible idiots will be fought in Florida, where a group of educators and politicians have decided to pander to the religious right by attempting to overthrow the standards set for science education.Florida state Board of Education member Donna Callaway states that evolution "should not be taught to the exclusion of other theories of the origin of life," and has proclaimed that she will vote against the standards.
Ms. Callaway has an extensive educational pedigree, which makes me a little upset that she doesn't understand the difference in definitions of the word "theory" when used by scientists as opposed to your typical man on the street.... differences that anyone who was paying attention in science class in junior high is aware of.
America is already slipping behind other countries in education (most notable the Asian countries who refuse to allow religion to dictate their government). This whole country is literally a generation or two away from becoming a Third World nation.
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