Straight to the monthly subject, then

[luzribeiro]

Alabama textbooks to keep disclaimer calling evolution ‘controversial’

Well, well, well. This is Alabama, so, no surprise. Still, one'd think that any state which finds itself in a downward spiral at #30 on the 50 state educational ladder, with only a C+ rating, would strive to move up in the education of its students, not attempt to slide even

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[ponitacupcake]

It's really bullshit and they are doing it for politics.

"Alabama: At Least We're Not Mississippi."

The South has a terrible reputation but there are a lot of stupid people and bigots in the Midwest. I'm afraid education is pretty terrible in most of this country. I actually got a decent education and I try to surround myself with smart friends but I'm amazed at some of the dumbasses I meet. And we're talking white, upper-middle-class people too and they know *nothing* and don't care either.

[oportet]

The logic behind the decision - it's an elected position. Whether you're running for State Board of Education, President, Governor, or County Coroner - voting against God, even indirectly - will eventually end up costing you votes (I know that didn't really answer the question - it just deflected the 'why?' from the BOE to the voters)

I went to private and public school here - and the quality of education in the public school system is definitely lacking - but not because of a push to include religion, that's just what makes the headlines. Then again, if the people in charge focused on what was causing us to be ranked #30 (honestly, I wouldn't have guessed we were that high), instead of things like this - improvements could be made easily.

[underlankers]

The only people it's not a liability for are the richest people in those states. For everyone else, it's why I sincerely want to see some Iraq style democratization done over a widespread area of the South. Couldn't fuck up Louisiana any worse than its own leaders, so called, have.

[htpcl]

One thing that never fails to amaze me is how the detractors of evolution somehow never understand that evolution does NOT try to explain the origin of life - the same way the big bang theory does not try to explain the reason for the creation of the universe.