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Repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act Rejected

Posted by samzenpus on from the teach-whatever-you-want dept.

egjertse writes "A Louisiana law that opponents say leaves the backdoor open to teaching 'creationism' in public schools will stay on the books after a Senate committee Wednesday effectively killed a bill that would repeal the statute. After hours of testimony for and against House Bill 26, which repeals the 2008 Louisiana Science Education Act, the senators narrowly deferred the legislation, effectively killing it in committee. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans."

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  1. It's fine to teach creationism by kawabago · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It makes gullible adults so much easier to spot.

  2. Wow... That was close... by Qybix · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I live in Canada and I was worried for a second there that I would have to start actively supporting creationists in the US! How else can the United States be made to fail? Can we out produce them? No. Can we out inovate them? Not yet... But we can out educated them! And by sabotaging the US education system we foreigners can force the once mighty United States to crash down like a house of cards.

    Do you see the Chinese teaching their children worthless garbage? No. Good!

    Do you see the Americans teaching their children worthless garbage? YES! GOOD!

    All is right with the world!

    Qybix

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    Qybix ----- I do not have a belief system; I'm an Anti-theist and proud of it! Saying that not believing in anything i