I am beginning to think this whole "stupid" act is just that and act. I mean seriously folks, I have my woo-woo, but science will always trump the woo when it comes to teaching our nations's children. Can people really be this stupid??
Kudos for Zack Kopplin for this excellent article as he lays out the agenda very nicely!!
Evolution is not the only scientific theory that is controversial to Louisiana politicians. Apparently, modern medicine is also subject to debate. Louisiana state Sen. Elbert Guillory had a novel argument in defense of LSEA: It should not be repealed because he doesn’t want to “prematurely” declare that faith healing is “pseudo-science.”
During this year’s state Senate hearing to repeal LSEA, Guillory explained that he wouldn’t want to keep the “science” behind an experience he had with a witch doctor—who “wore no shoes, was semi-clothed, used a lot of bones that he threw around”—out of a public school science classroom.
Guillory said he is worried that repealing Louisiana’s creationism law will "lock the door on being able to view ideas from many places, concepts from many cultures." Have no fear, Sen. Guillory, there is a great place for ideas from many cultures: history class, or philosophy or comparative religion classes. Faith healing and creationism are not science, though, and do not belong in a public school science classroom.
Louisiana creationism video: State Sen. Elbert Guillory defends faith healing.
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