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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."
Why? It's their own kids that will suffer. If the parents want their kids to be ignorant of science let them. What they don't' realize is that in the long run it will damage religion more to conceal the truth.
I was exposed to much the same handwaving as this bill advocates, and when I was finally exposed to the truth later in life it damaged my impressions of religion, as I suspect it does with a lot of kids. Oh sure, there's the mouth breathers that will fall for the BS hook line and sinker, but their own parents want them to be ignorant of science, so what gives anyone the right to stop them?
If you don't want your kids exposed to it, put them in private school or move out of state. Education should be a local issue. I think this intelligent design ploy at K-12 education will eventually backfire but the groups pushing it won't care, they've laughed all the way to the bank.