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By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Livingston Parish School Board Wants to Implement Discovery Institute’s “Academic Freedom” Law

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:54:04 +0000

[...] the Discovery Institute, that gutted (1) the BESE policies governing implementation of the LSEA (January 2009) and (2) the filing of complaints about supplementary materials (September 2009). BESE undermined [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Gene Mills Says Credit Goes to . . . Jesus!

Thu, 27 May 2010 02:39:14 +0000

[...] December 2008-January 2009, Mills was busily attempting — successfully, as it turned out — to gut the policy that had been proposed for Bulletin 741, the Louisiana Handbook for School [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Three Courageous Italian Scientists — An Example for Louisiana

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:41:17 +0000

[...] This website is normally devoted to providing information about the teaching of evolution and the fight against creationism in Louisiana and related topics. However, important science-related issues sometimes arise that our readers should know about. The following is one of those issues, and there is a lesson in it for Louisiana: three Italian scientists — Elena Cattaneo of the University of Milan, Elisabetta Cerbai of the University of Florence, and Silvia Garagna of the University of Pavia — are fighting a legal battle in the Italian courts to win the right to apply for government funding of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, which is legal in Italy. These scientists have taken on this fight at their own expense, and they could use some help. Their bravery in defending science is a lesson for the people of Louisiana, a state in which standing up to defend science is a actually a liability in the eyes of public officials (see also here). [...]

By: Levees Not War » Blog Archive » “Something Called ‘Volcano Monitoring’”;Gov. Jindal, There’s Something Called Science

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:38:28 +0000

[...] congressman Ben Nevers by the Louisiana Family Forum, an affiliate of Focus on the Family. The Louisiana Coalition for Science notes that SB733’s phrase “academic freedom and inquiry” is “well-documented [...]

By: A rise in anti-religious sentiment on the forums? - Page 2 - Religious Education Forum

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:48:23 +0000

[...] I should live so long as to see them take their ball for a lo-o-ong walk on a short pier. btw, here is the latest example of "faith" in action here in the USA. I have g/c and g/g/c who will [...]

By: Let there be idiocy « Irreligious

Let there be idiocy « Irreligious — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:22:41 +0000

[...] in public office are continuing to wage a war against science. From battles in Texas to Louisiana, creationists are attempting to force their beliefs into schools and [...]

By: Louisiana Creationism: Gene Mills Lashes Out « The Sensuous Curmudgeon

Louisiana Creationism: Gene Mills Lashes Out « The Sensuous Curmudgeon — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:03:57 +0000

[...] THE website of the Louisiana Coalition for Science, Dr. Barbara Forrest’s article, LOUISIANA OPEN FOR BUSINESS — CREATIONISTS WELCOME, details the sad history of Louisiana’s anti-science, anti-evolution, creationism-friendly [...]

By: Evolution Science Not Welcome In Louisiana - Economic Problems Start « High Desert Musings

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:20:55 +0000

[...] Science Not Welcome In Louisiana – Economic Problems Start Louisiana’s recent efforts to insure that its children’s science education better reflects the 12th century than the [...]

By: Louisiana Coalition for Science » Blog Archive » Louisiana is reaping what it sowed — repercussions of the 2008 LA Science Education Act

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:58:50 +0000

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By: Louisiana boycotts science; scientists boycott Louisiana - Tech Support Forums - TechIMO.com

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:05:41 +0000

[...] Christian base. All the background on the act and other info can be found on this link. Louisiana Coalition for Science: LOUISIANA OPEN FOR BUSINESS – CREATIONISTS WELCOME __________________ Beware of promises of life where death is [...]