Yet another dubious politician trying to pass yet another dubious bill ...

These clowns are starting to get simultaneously boring and annoying. Florida Senator Stephen Wise, a Jacksonville Republican (do I even need to say more?), is going to try and pass through a bill that will make it required – not possible, but required – to teach Creationism alongside Evolution in school Science classrooms. His excuse? The usual fallacy: he wants a 'balanced viewpoint' for the students to learn. From the jacksonville.com news site article:

Amid much controversy a year ago, the Florida Board of Education approved new standards that require public schools to teach that the scientific theory of evolution is the foundation of all biological science.

But don't think that battle is over. Not even close.

State Sen. Stephen Wise, a Jacksonville Republican, said he plans to introduce a bill to require teachers who teach evolution to also discuss the idea of intelligent design.

Intelligent design is the concept that life is so complex that it couldn't occur naturally but must have had an intelligent force working to make it happen.

Wise, the chief sponsor of the bill, expects the Senate to take it up when it meets in March. He said its intent is simple: "If you're going to teach evolution, then you have to teach the other side so you can have critical thinking."

Typical ignorant reasoning. As anyone who actually WAS blessed with half a functioning brainstem will know, Intelligent Design/Creationism are NOT Scientific theories. They are THEOLOGICAL theories. Actually, strictly speaking, they can't even be called 'theories', as theories require some basis or evidence or credence to support their existence. There is absolutely NO evidence whatsoever to support a single word of Creationism. Never has been, and fairly certain that there never will be, either.

I'm indifferent to Creationism, or any religious subdivisions, being taught in schools. Just as long as they're taught in the appropriate classrooms, and not in SCIENCE classrooms. What part of 'Science classrooms' don't these twits understand? Do they really consider Creationism, or any part of theology, to be 'scientific' in the slightest, remotest sense? Are they really that incredibly ignorant, or plain stupid?

They are not giving students a 'balanced viewpoint'. They are corrupting them. Nothing more. (Or less.)