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Global Warming Only a Theory, Says School Board

Posted by Zonk on from the i'd-think-seattle-would-know-about-rain dept.

BendingSpoons writes "A Seattle school board has placed a moratorium on screenings of 'An Inconvenient Truth', having found its subject matter too controversial. Echoing the language of the evolution debate, the school board found that students must be told that global warming is only a theory and presented with an opposing viewpoint. The ban was prompted by the complaints of a parent: '"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."'"

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  1. Thou shalt not think on thy own! by dogganos · · Score: 1, Troll

    This kind of 'Bible says' opinions would be a minority (and we would be living in a better world) if it was not the people who have them who always have many children...

    And that's exactly to be attributed to Bible's self-preservation, which wisely states 'Thou shalt not use condoms'!