Well, I guess His Noodly Appendage has touched Kansas, where last year the state Board of Education instituted science curriculum standards that say the evolutionary theory that all life had a common origin has been challenged by fossils and molecular biology. And they say there is controversy over whether changes over time in one species can lead to a new species.
Board member Connie Morris, a former teacher who has described evolution as ”an age-old fairy tale” and ”a nice bedtime story” unsupported by science, lost in a Republican primary.
Candidates who believe evolution is well-supported by evidence will have a 6-4 majority. Evolution skeptics had entered the election with a two-person majority.
Last year in Dover, PA voters ousted school board members who had required the biology curriculum to include so-called “intelligent design.” A federal courts struck down the policy as religion in disguise.
So I guess at any moment now Rev. Pat Robertson will be condemning the entire state of Kansas to a plague of locust or frogs.
The New York Times: Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority
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