Indiana Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill →
An Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana’s public schools.
The Times of Munster reported that the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted 8-2 Wednesday to send the legislation to the full Senate despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms.
The bill allows schools to authorize “the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life” and specifically mentions “creation science” as one such theory. Creationism is the belief that the Earth and its creatures were created by a deity.
Purdue University professor of chemistry John Staver told the panel evolution is the only theory of life’s origins that relies on scientific investigations. He says creationism “is unquestionably a statement of a specific religion.”Further proof that the government refuses to play by its own rules. There have been several cases at the federal appeals and Supreme Court level saying that creationism and “intelligent design” are not allowed to be taught in science classes.
LOL! Just wait for the lawsuit to be filed and for the state to be swatted out like a bug by the courts.
ugh.
