The Traditional Values Coalition demands an investigation of health & sexual behavior studies (they've compiled a List of Dirty Studies). American Assn for the Advancement of Science CEO Alan Leshner was quoted in Science (7 November 2003, p. 966), "We can't let moralizing trump sound science when the public's health and safety are at stake."
Yet TVC and a host of other religious right-wing christian-jihad groups provide a big cheering section for the Bush Administration, which frequently disregards scientific research in promoting its agenda (for a survey of politics versus science in the Administration, see Rep. Henry Waxman's report at http://www.reform.house.gov/min .
Yet TVC and a host of other religious right-wing christian-jihad groups provide a big cheering section for the Bush Administration, which frequently disregards scientific research in promoting its agenda (for a survey of politics versus science in the Administration, see Rep. Henry Waxman's report at http://www.reform.house.gov/min .