admin on Nov 28th, 2008The Discovery Institute Targets Texas
See Barbara Forrest, “Why Texans Shouldn’t Let Creationists Mess with Texas Science Education,” Southern Methodist University, November 11, 2008 — Video — MP3
By Barbara Forrest
November 27, 2008
Texas science education is currently in the crosshairs of the Discovery Institute (DI), the conservative Seattle think tank that serves as the headquarters of the intelligent design (ID) creationist [...]
admin on Oct 18th, 2008Message to Louisiana School Districts: The LA Science Education Act’s Religion Disclaimer Won’t Protect You.
By Barbara Forrest
One of the clearest indications that the Louisiana Science Education Act (LSEA) is intended to advance the religious agenda of the Discovery Institute (DI) and the Louisiana Family Forum (LFF), the organizations that jointly promoted this legislation, is the law’s inclusion of a religion disclaimer that comes directly from DI’s doublespeak-titled “Model Academic [...]
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 [...]