Evolution wins out in Mich. curriculum

[Temporal Renegade]

Ignore this post, as it's already been mentioned by headscratcher4 in Politics, Current Events, and Social Issues.

 

[Beerina]

Having searched the first two pages there, I cannot find it. This is odd given this is a new thing today. Can you provide a link?

 

[Tricky]

Having searched the first two pages there, I cannot find it. This is odd given this is a new thing today. Can you provide a link?

It's right here. But it's not highly subscribed either, which is a bit surprising, considering the ruckus stirred up by the Pennsylvania verdict. Maybe the judge didn't write an interesting summary.

 

[Tricky]

Here's an editorial in the Detroit News today.

It is a good editorial, saying a lot of what we say here.

We believe the majority of Michigan's citizens, regardless of their religious beliefs and affiliations, understand the importance of teaching science, not theology, in science classrooms.

What is nice is the qualifications of the authors:

Harry T. Cook is an Episcopal minister and rector of St. Andrew's Church in Clawson. Sherwin T. Wine is the founding rabbi of the Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills.

 

[Temporal Renegade]

I've met Rabbi Wine, and he is pretty open-minded.