Evolution bills die in Legislature as session ends
May 2nd, 2008 midwifetoad Posted in News |
By BILL KACZOR
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Hotly debated evolution bills that critics said would inject religious doctrine into public schools in the guise of science died a quiet death Friday on the final day of the legislative session.
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A House bill (HB 1483) would have gone farther, not just allowing such challenges but requiring that schools teach “critical analysis” of evolution.The Senate version was based on model legislation advocated by the Discovery Institute, a Seattle think tank that supports research on intelligent design. That theory holds that some features of the universe and living things can be explained by an “intelligent cause.”
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 am
Well, that’s a relief…for this year anyway…still the fact that the DI’s draft was the “moderate” version of the bill gives me the willies.