Ohio House passes bill allowing student answers to be scientifically wrong due to religion

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Last edited Thu Nov 14, 2019, 09:13 PM - Edit history (2)

{Edited to add, and it's important}: Per several posts at Popehat, WKRC's account gives a wild exaggeration of this bill's consequences. I did not find this out until I was away from my computer. I'm at home now, and I lack high-speed access. I'll correct things when I can.

I apologize for my rash reaction. I return you now to the original content:

Hat tip, Joe.My.God:

Ohio GOP Passes New Law: Students Get Credit For Wrong Answers If Their Reasoning Is Based On Jesus
November 14, 2019

Ohio House passes bill allowing student answers to be scientifically wrong due to religion
by WKRC Wednesday, November 13th 2019

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WKRC) - Ohio lawmakers are weighing in on how public schools can teach things like evolution.

The Ohio House on Wednesday passed the "Student Religious Liberties Act." Under the law, students can't be penalized if their work is scientifically wrong as long as the reasoning is because of their religious beliefs.

Instead, students are graded on substance and relevance.

Every Republican in the House supported the bill. It now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate.

[rownesheck]

1. Should Ohio

be renamed New Alabama?

[rampartc]

3. wait for the crap coming out of louisiana

with our repub supermajority legislature.

[rownesheck]

5. Yeah.

This kind of garbage is what turns people away from religion.

[rampartc]

2. so maybe medical students should learn to cast out demons

since the all knowing and infallible jesus did not know about bacteria?

[LastDemocratInSC]

7. I'm from Cincinnati and I can tell you those aren't demons or so-called bacteria.

They are small trolls hidden under the gall bladder. That's what my pappy said made him dyspeptic, we don't need high brow gastroastrologists here in Ohio.

[underpants]

8. It make it a lot easier to get rid of demons

A friend told me

[mindem]

4. STUPID

This country is beyond hope.

[Hoyt]

6. Next time I look for a doctor, I'll be sure to exclude those "educated" in Ohio.

[Ohiogal]

9. All the pressing issues in our state

and this is what they spend time on. Ludicrous.

[Newest Reality]

10. That's rediculous!

However, a decline would probably include many inane ideas like that, I guess. Ohio may be starting to tunnel its way into the Neo-Dark Ages here if they allow that to fly.

Of course, that allows finding answers to important questions like, how many Jesuses are there in a molecule? Oh, and we need to know the answer to the equation E=mc^2Jesus. Of course we all know that the hypotenuse of a triangle is the Holy Trinity and that God geometricizes, of course.

Dr. Woo will be with you to exorcise your demons in a moment! Manganese + friction = burned witches, etc.

[Binkie The Clown]

11. Well, of course...

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. Nice!

[Ohiya]

16. Thanks for posting Binkie

I'm glad you are still around!

[RKP5637]

12. Ohio, working hard to be epicenter for global Idiocracy! n/t

[Zambero]

13. Is this because religious answers are wrong due to science?

Gotta have a level playing field for flat earthers!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

14. Do me a favor before you get too outraged over that Ohio bill. Read it. Carefully.

Do me a favor before you get too outraged over that Ohio religion-in-schools bill. Read it. Carefully.

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