[IP] More on Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:29:36 -0500
From: "K.Ellis" <guavaberry@earthlink.net>
To: dave@farber.net

Teaching Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Theory

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At 01:53 PM 1/30/04, you wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:31:06
> To:"'dave@farber.net'" <dave@farber.net>
> Subject: Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'
>
> For IP, if you wish.
>
> Peter Trei
>
> - start quote --------------------
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20040
> 130/ap_on_re_us/striking_evolution_3
>
> Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'
> By DOUG GROSS, Associated Press Writer
>
> ATLANTA - The state's school superintendent has proposed striking the
> word evolution from Georgia's science curriculum and replacing it with
> the phrase "biological changes over time."
>
> [...]
>
> Superintendent Kathy Cox said the concept of evolution would still be
> taught under the proposal, but the word would not be used in the
> curriculum. The proposal would not require schools to buy new
> textbooks omitting the word evolution and would not prevent teachers
> from using it.
>
> Cox, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, repeatedly referred to
> evolution as a "buzzword" Thursday and said the ban was proposed, in
> part, to alleviate pressure on teachers in socially conservative areas
> where parents object to its teaching.
>
> [...]


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