Uh-oh.... they're back in Florida:
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Florida Citizens for Science Blog -- You’ve got to be kidding me …
State Sen. Stephen Wise of Jacksonville announced through an article in the Florida Times Union that he plans to file a bill this legislative session to require evolution to be balanced with a discussion of intelligent design. Yes, require. Not just allow, but to require. Of course, we have to wait for the bill to be filed so we can see the actual language. Sometimes news accounts tweak what people say just a little bit, but then the whole meaning changes. Sometimes the person interviewed isn’t clear enough when talking to reporters.
Perhaps the bill won’t require the teaching of intelligent design. But if it does, I have to wonder if Sen. Wise has all of his marbles. A similar move was made in Pennsylvania. It didn’t go well for the intelligent design folks at all. They lost in a federal court case. The local school district was stuck with a million dollar legal bill. School board members were voted out of office. Intelligent design as a challenge to evolution went down in flames because of its clearly religious roots and purpose.
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I suspect they will not get very far this time around, but of course I will be keeping my eye on this anyway.
More coverage for anyone else who wants to follow along:
Florida Creationism: “Freedom” Bill Is Coming The Sensuous Curmudgeon
The Austringer Florida: Reliving the Past
Pharyngula: Here we go again — Florida's turn!
