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Nanjing to Seoul

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Sat Sep 28, 2013, 08:14 PM Sep 2013

The Kansas Board of Education Just Got Sued for Promoting the Teaching of Evolution [View all]

Somehow, the Kansas State Board of Education is being sued for — I can’t believe this — promoting atheism by way of evolution. You can’t even say “Kansas” and “Science” in the same sentence without including a chuckle, but this is really happening.

The group Citizens for Objective Public Education, Inc. (COPE) has filed the lawsuit because they believe the new science standards adopted by the Board of Education, which include the teaching of evolution, are endorsing an atheistic worldview:


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/09/27/the-kansas-board-of-education-seriously-just-got-sued-for-promoting-the-teaching-of-evolution-in-science-classes/


No wonder we've become a low IQ population!
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