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Repeal of Louisiana Science Education Act Rejected
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."
Oh my god. And you have to live in a country like that.
Sen. Elbert Guillory, D-Opelousas, said he had reservations with repealing the act after a spiritual healer correctly diagnosed a specific medical ailment he had.
Like it was that hard to diagnose Cranial Colon Envelopment in a politician. He probably ran into her right outside the Asshat Haberdashery (a dead giveaway).
Yeah totally. Also have you ever tried applying critical thought to math class? Those closed-minded teachers won't even consider that Pi might be three. Tell them that's what you believe, and they'll fail you out of sheer bigotry. Man, math must be too weak to expose to differing ideas.
[...] In short, it's magic.
So, you're saying, if we want to visit a different solar system or galaxy, all we have to do is to find someone stupid enough to go down on a long rope and kick the damn turtle in the butt?
Or maybe even better, lower a few billion tons of lettuce on a long rod at the other end...
There are fewer illiterates than people who can't read.
Q: How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all your beer when you are fishing?
A: Invite two.
They are all 'uninspired by Christ'. The scary ones are convinced they are.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Louisiana is one place I will not consider moving to.
And, for you grammar Nazis, Louisiana is one place to which I will not consider moving.
And, for you Cajuns, I ain't gonna go to loosiana no more.
you can't have things like "circuits and digital code" without someone intelligent to design them.
I present Windows 8 ("digital code") and the Zune ("circuits") as counter examples.
We don't have a state-run media we have a media-run state.
Welcome to Louisiana, where both science and education are endangered species...
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
I noticed that particular passage, too. One of the things that bothered me about his "decision making" is that spiritual healer is not the opposite of evolution or science. I can't remember a single science or math class where spiritual healers came up even once. I don't recall any lesson about how species evolve including, "therefore, spiritual healers suck". Moreover, "That's not science. I'm not going to see this doctor." Who does that? I would have been driven off by the "semi-clothed" aspect, but the its not science would have never crossed my mind.
Moreover, if it worked, I would want to "use my science" to learn more about it and figure out how it works. If I just accept that it was magic, I would close my mind to learning.
That's a pretty bold statement.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it