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."

Comments

Proof?

[Anonymous Coward]

Proof that even Texans have to evolve, eventually. Now on to Kansas...

Re:Proof?

[Jawnn]

Your point is valid - there are reasonable people living here in Texas. Ironically, most of them live in the state capitol, but the willfully ignorant, bible-thumping zealots are a noisy lot. So noisy that they have managed to earn the entire state a reputation that is, perhaps, undeserved. Furthermore, one can not choose the race, or color, I.Q., or even the state in which one is born, but choosing to be stupid, and worse, deliberately inflicting that stupidity on school children as a part of their science curriculum, is a an embarrassment that the entire fucking state should have to deal with until they grow up an learn that it is just plain wrong to bring your religion into law and government.

Re:Proof?

[PopeRatzo]

Why do people keep posting things like "even texans have to evolve"? Maybe I've spent too much time listening to College PC curricula, but that strikes me as being highly offensive. Imagine replacing "texans" with "women" or "blacks" or "retards" instead.

Well, to be fair, the head of the Texas Board of Education did say "If there's evolution, how do you account for the spics and negroes?"

In the actual quote he used a different n-word.

As someone who has spent time in West Texas, I can honestly say that I do not think it's possible to be "too offensive" when evaluating the intellectual capacity of Texans.

In a week or so, the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry is going to enter the presidential race for 2012. At that time, I challenge you to come back here and tell us that you believe he shows any evidence of being a post-homo erectus specimen.

yes

[unity100]

instead lets allow bigots to teach our kids that they have been created overnight from clay somewhere in middle east.

Re:What the fsycke happened ?

[Penguinshit]

Seeing as how decisions made in Texas can affect the content of textbooks nationwide, the reaction is entirely in proportion. Already Texas has tried to shift historical education in favor of teabagger fantasy. The line must be drawn immediately lest we corrupt the minds of a generation.

Re:What the fsycke happened ?

[fat_mike]

You lie, there is no such thing as a Lutheran liberal.

Also, did you go to one of the many hundreds of Lutheran schools in Texas?

And to your "undermine it from within" comment, what the hell have you liberals been doing for the past 40 years? Undermine it from within, seriously you are a liar and stupid and that makes for a punch you in the face combination. Name one, one Liberal that did one significant thing that made America better! SS and Medicare don't count because jackass I'd have donated to a private fund anyhow and it would be run a hell of a lot better than what your liberal asses came up with. Go watch Brazil then come back here and tell me that's what you really want.

Liberal Lutherans, hahahahhahaha!!!!