ohio board of education rules intelligent design stays in textbooks

Algorem

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Wed Jan-11-06 12:14 PM
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ohio board of education rules intelligent design stays in textbooks

Edited on Wed Jan-11-06 12:45 PM by Algorem

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060111/NEWS04/601110437/-1/NEWS

Article published Wednesday, January 11, 2006

OHIO BOARD OF EDUCATION
Intelligent design stays in textbooks; lawsuit fear doesn't sway supporters

By JIM PROVANCE
BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Board of Education yesterday refused to retreat from its science standards and lesson plan after a federal court ruling struck down a Pennsylvania school district's teaching of intelligent design.

Some members worried Ohio will be the next to be sued. Others encouraged a lawsuit to settle the question once and for all of whether Ohio's science curricula invite debate that some unnamed intelligent force may have played a role in creating life on Earth.

A motion to remove language from the state's 10th-grade lesson plan titled "Critical Analysis of Evolution" failed by a vote of 9-8. Proponents of the three-year-old language said they hope the defeat will bring a swift end to the renewed dispute.

Opponents argue that some suggested lessons under "Critical Analysis of Evolution" were taken from texts often cited as pushing the intelligent design concept...

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realisticphish

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Wed Jan-11-06 02:12 PM
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1. This just pisses me off

Look, you freakin KNOW it's unconstitutional. Give it a fuckin rest

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rexcat

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Thu Jan-12-06 12:16 AM
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2. Damn...

My kids are in 4th grade. If they were in 10th grade and the school district tried to teach anything about ID I would be first to call the ACLU and bring a lawsuit.

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WCGreen

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Thu Jan-12-06 04:46 AM
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3. I'm gonna run for State School Board in 2008....

Fuck these clowns.....

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Kolesar

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Thu Jan-12-06 06:42 AM
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4. about half the seats are elected at large, I recall

And half are appointed by the governor. Go get 'em!

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WCGreen

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Thu Jan-12-06 09:29 AM
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6. There are I think eigth or nine districts.....

Have are up this year and another half are up in 2008...

Mine just happens to be up next time....

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geiger

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Thu Jan-12-06 08:37 AM
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5. Good going.

I'll help.

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cmd

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Thu Jan-12-06 11:58 AM
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7. Republican member reads newspaper during discussion

http://www.ohiodems.org/ht/display/ViewBlogThread/i/725117

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