For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution

An anonymous reader writes "The Texas Board of Education has unanimously come down on the side of evolution. In an 8-0 vote, the board today approved scientifically accurate high school biology textbook supplements from established mainstream publishers — and did not approve the creationist-backed supplements from International Databases, LLC."

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Re:What the fsycke happened ?

[Brett Buck]

I'll end with this tidbit: ever wonder why ultraconservatives were pushing so hard for a school voucher system? Could it be that such a system would make it frighteningly easy for this type of behavior to flourish, by essentially subsidizing extremist institutions?

      Oh, bullshit. School voucher systems are being pushed because *the public school systems are dreadful* and *don't teach things that are important* like reading and writing and math in any decent way. But they are indoctrinating children with ideas that many, if not most, parents things are wrong and morally reprehensible (like socialism). Why, for example, do kindergarten kids need to learn about aberrant sexual behavior in history class?

      They have to pay taxes to support it, but they want their children to go to schools that are effective and at least neutral.

    Brett