[Non-Sequitur]

The paper went on to mention that 5 board members are up for re-election in 2006. The lone Democrat - opposed to the changes and representing Kansas City, Ks., a safe Democrat seat - and 4 supporters of the changes. If the moderate Republicans can defeat 2 of the social conservatives then sanity can be restored to the Kansas education system.

[Non-Sequitur]

Evolution bump. Note how our favorite educator, Connie Morris, is 'extemely anxious to put this behind us..." No doubt she has other damage to inflict.

[js1138]

My guess is that major universities will announce their unwillingness to accept Kansas diplomas. The state schools might even be disaccredited.

This can happen. My local schools were disaccredited (some decades ago).

[mlc9852]

Conservatives and moderates. Where are the liberals?

[TheGeezer]

Darwinism cannot explain scientifically the origins of life. It offers verifiable, empirical evidence for its theory only at a microbiological level for the origin of species. At the macro level, it records observations that make it plausible.

It wil be defended tooth and nail but materialists needing it as a philosophical foundation, but there is growing erosion of its possibility as it has been taught and understood for a long time.

[VadeRetro]

He [Kris Van Meteren] said he hopes it’s not necessary, but his side will keep pushing until evolution comes down from its pedestal in the academic world.

The fanatic at work. He's gonna do what he's gonna do. Consequences be damned and who cares what the scientific evidence is?

[shuckmaster]

It's never a good thing when science becomes political.

[DaGman]

"“We want students to understand more about evolution, not less,” said John Calvert, leader of the Intelligent Design Network and one of the driving forces behind the changes."

I hope I didn't just ruin my keyboard by spitting coffee all over it.

[LogicWings]

The crucial, salient sentence in the article was:

The changes also alter the definition of science to allow for non-natural explanations.

In other words, the changes allow for "explanations" for which there is no evidence, can be no evidence and THEREFORE can only be taken on faith.

But ID doesn't have anything to do with Creationism, now does it?

But then again, it doesn't have anything to do with science either.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Conservatives. Moderates. No liberals?

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

If the moderate Republicans can defeat 2 of the social conservatives then sanity can be restored...

You mean you'd like to see the liberals running the school board rather than conservatives. Moderate is code word for liberal. And yet you post this liberal crap on FR. Evilution is a cancer on Conservatism.