Texas Gov. Rick Perry Picks Creationist To Run State Education Board

[marmar]

from HuffPost:




Gail Lowe: Perry Picks Creationist To Run State Education Board

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner



Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has chosen Gail Lowe, an outspoken creationist, to run the state's Board of Education.

It was actually the less controversial choice. Cynthia Dunbar, reportedly under consideration for the post, believed government should be guided by a "biblical litmus test" and thought public education was a "subtly deceptive tool of perversion." (She home-schooled her own children.) She has also endorsed conspiracy theories suggesting President Obama is not a natural-born citizen.

Lowe, on the other hand, thinks evolution should be taught and "kids ought to be able to hold religious beliefs and still study science without any conflict." But in 2008, she took the position that "biology textbooks which do not teach both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of the theory of evolution must be rejected by the board." She has voted against new textbooks that do not contain those "weaknesses." She is a newspaper editor, not a teacher.

Lowe will replace Don McLeroy, another self-described creationist and dentist whose reappointment was blocked by Democrats. He had been chairman of the board since 2007 and will remain a member.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/gail-lowe-perry-picks-cre_n_230167.html

[izquierdista]

1. Solution to the unemployment problem

Just tell the governor you are an asshat with opinions diametrically opposed to the skills required to do the job.

[walkaway]

2. That doesn't bode well for the children in the lone star state.

They won't have science and they will grow up without being taught critical thinking in their schools. Why not just keep them home and make them watch the "Flintstones"?

In the future coming from Texas will be code for "poorly educated" when hiring in the field of science, history, anthropology and several fields of endeavor.

That's a big state to want to be so backwards.

[TahitiNut]

4. "In the future"??

:rofl: :rofl:

[provis99]

5. jeez, Texas "education" makes Kansas look positively enlightened.

Who woulda thunk?

[theoldman]

3. Texas ranks near the bottom in education.

Now you know why. The Texas school board has been dominated by religious fanatics for since it was formed and I don't see any change in the near future.

[AlinPA]

6. This just accelerates their rush to the bottom and their desire for a religious

state.