The Washington Post has a nice article about the upcomming battle in the Kansas Board of Education about mandating that Creationism and Intelligent Design be taught alongside Evolution. A favorite quote:
The Discovery Institute, the strongest voice behind intelligent design, at one point gathered the names of 356 scientists who questioned evolution. In response, the National Center for Science Education located 543 scientists named Steve -- including a few Stephanies -- who declared the evidence "overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry."
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Hopefully the Kansas Board of Education makes the right call on this one. The gist of the article is that intellectual, educated type people have finally woken up to the fact that the GOP will not let this issue go and are finally deciding to fight back.
Science organizations are planning a daily boycott/critique method, while educators are setting up e-mail lists and organizing lobbying campaings and targets.
They're also saying that removing focus from evolution will lead to global ridcule, and harm the Kansas economy. Hopefully the threat of reduced income, and therefore reduced tax inflow will also help to persuade Kansan lawmakers that Evolution is appropriate for public schools and Creation is appropriate for private schools, where people can teach whatever they want.
This is a short diary, but this is the first article I've read where people are finally taking a stand, and I'm not familiar with any local coverage, so feel free to comment with any additional info.