Oklahoma bill would mandate educators question evolution in classes

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Oklahoma bill would mandate educators question evolution in classes
By Nathan Diebenow
Sunday, January 30th, 2011 -- 10:55 pm

Educators in Oklahoma would be forced to openly question in their classes the legitimacy of the scientific theory of evolution should a new bill become state law.

“It’s a simple fact that the presentation of some issues in science classes can lead to controversy, which can discourage teachers from engaging students in an open discussion of the issues,” state Rep. Sally Kern, a Republican, said in defense of the bill she filed recently.

The legislation (HB 1551) titled the “Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act” singled out “biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning” as topics that are controversial and thus questionable.

It is the second of such anti-evolution proposals in Oklahoma and the fourth filed nationwide so far this year.

In response to a similar bill that died in committee in 2009, Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education called any claims that evolution is controversial as “just plain dishonest,” adding that they are "phony fabrications, invented and promoted by people who don’t like evolution.’

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1. Next up for attention from Oklahoma legislators, Newton's laws of motion..

Conservatives just fucking hate conservation, conservation of momentum is anathema to them.

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2. Next will be banning any math more complicated than counting sheep.

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3. If Math was taught like Oklahoma Science

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5. Haha, that cartoon says it all! n/t

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4. Sally Kern is a heap of stupid. n/t