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August 3, 2006
And the winner is ...Evolution. That was the decision in Tuesday's primary in which voters shifted the power in the Kansas State Board of Education to moderates who vowed to "work swiftly to restore a science curriculum that does not subject evolution to critical attack," according to an article in today's New York Times.
However, an article in the Kansas City Star predicts that the battle of intelligent design vs. evolution will continue between the board's four conservatives and six moderates.
Reports the Star: "This is a national debate," said John West, a vice president for the Center for Science and Culture at the Seattle-based, anti-evolution Discovery Institute. "Efforts to try to stop discussion are ultimately going to be doomed to fail because Americans don't like censorship. It used to be said that if you wanted to generate interest, you'd get your book banned in Boston."
But, Eugenie C. Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, told the NYT that "I think more citizens are learning what intelligent design really is and realizing that they don't really want that taught in their public schools."
And BoardBuzz thought the weather was hot.
Posted August 3, 2006 2:58 PM | Religion
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