So Education Really Is Indoctrination...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35839979/from/RSS/

So I hate to use msnbc for something like this, but it's painfully hard to find sources for this kind of stuff sometimes.

News organizations don't really have any use for putting out news unless it will get them money/attention (just as publishers won't put out a book unless it will make money for them, regardless of potential artistic merit).

So because it is msnbc, please filter the article accordingly.

The worst kind of thing about an article like this is this kind of thing usually only happens at local level politics (say, a school district, maybe an entire county), and then gets overturned the next year or so. This particular event has jurisdiction over an entire state (one of the largest at that), and could arguably last for 10 years.

Frankly, it wreaks of educational irresponsibility. OK, you want your children to grow up Christian, that's awesome, just don't lie about the world in doing so. Or if you have that much of an issue with how the public school system is handling the Christian teachings etc, don't take down the entire state with you, just send your kids to a Christian school.

There's no point in me detailing specifics, as my knowledge is mostly limited to the article, but are we really still arguing about evolution?

I hope the Supreme Court intervenes in some manner, though preferably gingerly (last thing you want is the Christian Right Screaming about activist courts).




-- Knuttel