National Scientific Society to Boycott Louisiana over LA Science Education Act

[Are_grits_groceries]

The first tangible results of the Louisiana legislature's passage and Gov. Bobby Jindal's signing of the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act have materialized, and these results are negative both for the state's economy and national reputation. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, a national scientific society with more than 2300 members, has put Gov. Bobby Jindal on notice that the society will not hold its annual meetings in Louisiana as long as the LA Science Education Act is on the books. In a February 5, 2009,letter to the governor that is posted on the SICB website under the headline, "No Thanks, New Orleans," SICB Executive Committee President Richard Satterlie tells Jindal that "The SICB executive committee voted to hold its 2011 meeting in Salt Lake City because of legislation SB 561, which you signed into law in June 2008. It is the firm opinion of SICB's leadership that this law undermines the integrity of science and science education in Louisiana."

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/louisiana_boycotts_science_sci.php

Jindal is evil..............

[Idealism]

1. Hasn't math and science been boycotting Louisiana since the 1960s?

[BlooInBloo]

2. (shrug) Their choice, to turn their backs on knowledge and rationality.

[navarth]

3. Well if Jindal tries to run in 2012....

THIS is something I'll be talking about. K & R.

[theoldman]

4. Jindal is not evil, he is just trying to stay in office.

Jindal was elected by by right wing nuts and knows that he has to cater to them.