RE: [xmca] Exorcist Gov. signs La. anti-science law

Tony,
This is depressing.
As a Louisianian, I'd hoped Jindal's fundamentalist positioning was
protective coloring rather than his true colors.
David

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Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:48 PM
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Subject: [xmca] Exorcist Gov. signs La. anti-science law

This isn't especially relevant to topics here, but I know some here will

be interested.

I think the "Louisiana Science Education Act" is what the
anti-evolutionists have been seeking for decades: a way to bring
creationism into public school classrooms that won't be so easily
defeated
in the courts. (Pro-science folks are saying it will be defeated in the
courts. As a lawyer, I'm not so sure.)

Some were hoping that the bill would be vetoed by the Governor (as it
was
in Oklahoma). Some took hope knowing Gov. Jindal studied Biology at
Brown.
As it turns out, though, it would have been more predictive to consider
his history as an exorcist !!! See

http://curricublog.org/2008/06/29/exorcist-governor/

Tony Whitson
UD School of Education
NEWARK DE 19716

twhitson@udel.edu
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