Tennessee's Republican-dominated House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would protect teachers who want to challenge the theory of human evolution.
Thursday's 70-28 passage of HB 368 was hailed by sponsor Rep. Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville, who said the proposal was designed to promote "critical thinking" in science classes.
That's one way of seeing it. However, the Tennessee Science Teachers Association is on record describing the bill as "unnecessary, anti-scientific, and very likely unconstitutional." Although the document is worded so as not to promote any particular doctrine, the thrust of the proposed law would elevate creationist theories about human evolution to the same status accorded by most educators to Darwin's research.
Oh, well.
Of course, Mississippi barely edges out Tennessee in this critical metric.
We made a big mistake not lettiing the South secede.
Racist, homophobic, anti-feminist, anti-science. There's just so much to love about TNatards.
ReplyDeleteI'd be offended, but I none of those terms fit me.
ReplyDeleteOf course it was a mistake not to let us secede.