Tennessee "Teaching the Controversy" Bill Becomes Law

MrKevvy writes "The Tennessee 'Teaching the Controversy' bill was passed into law today. 'A law to allow public school teachers to challenge the scientific consensus on issues like climate change and evolution will soon take effect in Tennessee. State governor Bill Haslam allowed the bill — passed by the state House and Senate — to become law without signing it, saying he did not believe the legislation "changes the scientific standards that are taught in our schools."'" The governor adds: "However, I also don’t believe that it accomplishes anything that isn’t already acceptable in our schools."

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Teach the controversy

[TubeSteak]

Aliens built the Pyramids
Teach The Controversy

http://controversy.wearscience.com/

Re:There you have it

[Moheeheeko]

"Newton was a commie, gravity is actually God keeping you on the ground."

I weep for the future.

Re:Methinks a law of unintended consequences

[Anonymous Coward]

Modded down? Seriously? How did they do that without thumbs?

Re:Tennessee is doomed...

[MightyMartian]

Well, if nothing else, Southerners will be so pig-ignorant in a few generations that they will make much more compliant domestics and pool cleaners for the Mexican-Americans when they take over.

A Walk in the Woods

[An Ominous Coward]

As Bill Bryson quipped, this is just "proving conclusively that the danger for Tennesseans isn't so much that they may be descended from apes as overtaken by them."