He contributes to organizations that oppose gay rights and
support teaching creationism in schools.
Not exact matches
The irony I see in this is that the republicans are effectively being prevented from adding classes in which they may legitimately
teach ID /
Creationism by their
support for this as.sinine education funding legislation.
A candidate isn't going to get anywhere with most conservative evangelicals if they
support a woman's right to chose, or if the candidate
supports strict separation of church and state, and maybe even opposition to
teaching Creationism is going to lose their vote.
E.g., in regards to scientific
support for evolution and rejection of
creationism and the young earth dogma, in 1986, 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, signed an amicus curiae brief asking the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the
teaching of
creationism, which the brief described as embodying religious dogma.
I would absolutely
support the
creationism to be
taught as long as every version according to every religion (of at least all the kids in the school) is
taught in the classroom.
In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to
teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would
support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»
Furthermore, since
creationism is
supported by the bible, an infallible text constituting the word of god, it should be
taught instead.