God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

[pokerfan]

LIVINGSTON — The Livingston Parish School Board will begin exploring the possibility of incorporating the teaching of “creationism” in the public school system’s science classes.

During the board’s meeting Thursday, several board members expressed an interest in the teaching of creationism, an alternative to the study of the theory of evolution, in Livingston Parish public school classrooms.

Board Member David Tate quickly responded: “We let them teach evolution to our children, but I think all of us sitting up here on this School Board believe in creationism. Why can’t we get someone with religious beliefs to teach creationism?”

Board Member David Tate quickly responded: “We let them teach evolution to our children, but I think all of us sitting up here on this School Board believe in creationism. Why can’t we get someone with religious beliefs to teach creationism?”

“We shouldn’t just jump into this thing, but we do need to look at it,” (Board President Keith) Martin said. “The American Civil Liberties Union and even some of our principals would not be pleased with us, but we shouldn’t worry about the ACLU. It’s more important that we do the correct thing for the children we educate.”

The board then unanimously endorsed Benton’s Progression Plan.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/99153999.html">School Board might OK teaching creationism

[izquierdista]

1. Might teach spelling first

Then they would know that it is actually cretinism that describes their views.

[dtexdem]

7. Oh, no -- God is against magic and spells of all kinds.

;-)

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Cool - since they're so open-minded about teaching religious theory in public school...

...perhaps they'll consider teaching this:
http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/Theory.html

[pokerfan]

5. Then there's Stork Theory

Proponents of Stork Theory claim that "Big Sex" has been suppressing their claim that babies are delivered by storks. Furthermore, Stork Theory proponents warn of the serious moral dangers posed by teaching children that sex has a function. They point out that evil dictators such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao all believed in Sex Theory, and they may have even had sex themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ThQQuHtzHM

[Deep13]

3. "...we shouldn’t worry about the ACLU."

Now, they should worry about the Federal judge the ACLU is going to drag you in front of.

[cloudbase]

4. They're also going to spend

$700,000-$900,000 for a new artificial turf surface at the high school. Priorities, priorities.

[DebJ]

6. Tell them to come up here to learn how...I live just south of

Dover, Pa.

[laconicsax]

8. Clearly religion and science occupy completely separate realms with zero overlap.

:sarcasm: :grr:

[Axle_techie]

9. As a Christian, I believe

that if they want to teach a class on creationism, they should have to include as many other religious beliefs about the creation of the world and the things on/in it. It is not fair nor constitutional for a school district to allow one and disallow the others...

[darkstar3]

10. And where do you get the curriculum for the "others"?

Who decides what is valid and what is not? Will they teach creation "theories" put forward by fringe faiths such as Pastafarianism?

Once you open that can of worms, you will inevitably be eaten by them.

[Axle_techie]

11. But if you are going to ry and teach faith based classes

you should have something for each type of faith...

[darkstar3]

12. Exactly my point.

Now apply that in the real world, and look at the time and expense spent by the school in determining what is really a faith, what curricula to teach for these faiths, and so on.

A. I don't think a public school, or any public entity, should be making decisions like that, and the First Amendment agrees with me.
B. The massive possible expense, not to mention legal defense, makes the whole idea prohibitively expensive, even laughably so.
C. What possible reason can anyone give regarding the need for these modifications or whole separate classes? It boils down to parents pawning off educating their children about their beliefs and faith traditions onto someone else, while at the same time handcuffing educators and forcing them to avoid scientific topics that refute certain faiths. It is religious indoctrination being forced upon a captive audience with public funding, and that makes it vile, not to mention unconstitutional. /rant off.

[Axle_techie]

13. Amen

[Goblinmonger]

14. And call it a Literature class on mythology.

Then I'm fine with it.

F'in idiots.

[Axle_techie]

15. or on religion, calling it mythology may piss some people off...

and we wouldn't want to anger people, right?

[struggle4progress]

16. In Raleigh NC, the school board is trying to re-segregate the schools

Politics is a game for people who don't mind a bit of a knock-down drag-out squabble

[piratefish08]

17. someone call the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

stat!

[jeepnstein]

18. I'm a Christian.

And I'm telling you there's no way, no how, do I want a school teaching religious matters. It's not their business. No way should your and my tax dollars be used to promote any brand of religion. That's just not a good thing.

[Jim__]

19. I thought that was prohibited by a Supreme Court decision.

Or, can they get around that by teaching it under the rubric of critical thinking?