I am afraid that you are wrong, Lucy...
Thanks to its advocates, the "...total ban on the discussion of evolution in
the textbooks that the schools could use..." has been reinstated.
Norm
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Masters [mailto:masters@cox-internet.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:10 PM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Creationism/Kansas
Allen wrote:
This is one of the falsehoods that was spread by many, including the media.
There never was an attempt to ban evolution in Kansas. Few people have ever
looked for themselves at the actual wording of the state school board
action. To be sure, Evolution was downplayed and concepts critical of
evolution were to be allowed. But the wholesale banning of Evolution from
the schools is pure fabrication.
Lucy asks:
Allen - please give me a point of clarification. I may be wrong here (due
to poor memory), but I thought I read in the NYTimes that while evolution
was not banned in the schools, there was a total ban on the discussion of
evolution in the textbooks that the schools could use. This, of course,
would make the teaching of it pretty hard on the science teachers. Also,
placing the burden of the fight at the local level pits teachers against the
community members with whom they must live. Is this wrong? Perhaps I read
this someplace else. I appreciate your helping me with my memory of this
event.
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