admin on Jul 21st, 2008The “Dover Trial” — This should have been required viewing in Louisiana.
Anyone who missed Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, which aired on PBS’s NOVA in November 2007, can view the entire program on Google video (112 minutes). This Peabody Award-winning documentary of the first legal case involving intelligent design (ID) creationism, Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District (2005) is the story of the [...]
admin on Jul 13th, 2008Out of the Mouths of Creationists: “The LA Science Education Act Promotes Critical Thinking” (Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge)
SB 733, the “LA Science Education Act,” is now law in Louisiana. Prior to being passed in its current form, this bill was first introduced as SB 561, the “LA Academic Freedom Act.” It was one of six such bills, the introduction of which the Discovery Institute (DI), a creationist think tank in Seattle, coordinated [...]
admin on Jul 4th, 2008National Center for Science Education Chronicles Jindal’s Signing of Creationism Bill
In its weekly e-newsletter, the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has chronicled Gov. Bobby Jindal’s signing of SB 733, the stealth creationism bill known as the “LA Science Education Act.”
NCSE is a national clearinghouse that provides assistance to citizens who seek to protect the teaching of science in their public schools:
“The National Center for [...]