Ethics

Creationists Declare Victory in Texas

By Ed Brayton

The creationists in Texas are declaring victory in the battle over science standards and I think they're right. While we did succeed in getting the general "strengths and weaknesses" language taken out of the science standards, they managed to get several specific changes that not only allow the introduction of tried-and-false creationist arguments on a range of issues into science classrooms but will also be harder to mount a legal challenge to.

Kelly Coghlan, the religious right lawyer from Houston who has led the fight to weaken the teaching of evolution in Texas for years, says "our side (pro-science) prevailed on most of? these ?issues in close votes. The evolution lobby won the battle but lost the? war." That he calls his side "pro-science" shows just how delusional he is.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on April 01, 2009 (boomark / email).