Christian Science Monitor: Teaching creationism: Louisiana law that skirts US ban survives challenge
The successful defense last week of a three-year-old Louisiana law is casting a spotlight on how conservative groups are seeking to circumvent a federal ban on the teaching of creationism in public schools.
The Louisiana Science Education Act, which allows teaching contrary to science on the grounds it promotes critical thinking, is increasingly serving as an inspiration to religious conservatives in other states. Its defenders decry the “censorship” of nonscientific ideas and advocate allowing teachers to teach “both sides” on certain scientific theories.
Facepalm. I have the same feelings I did when my cousin played me that Itunes song that makes fun of evolution (his family subscribes to the strictly creationist view).
