{"id":1604,"date":"2008-02-29T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/02\/29\/we-aint-outta-texas-yet-creati\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T13:36:49","slug":"we-aint-outta-texas-yet-creati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/we-aint-outta-texas-yet-creati\/","title":{"rendered":"We ain’t outta Texas yet … Creationist Stacked School Board Looms on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out that there are TWO (not just the previously reported Barney Maddox) distinct threats to the delicate pro- vs. anti-science balance on the Texas School Board.I had earlier alerted you to trouble<\/a> brewing in Texas, with Full Blown Creationist Nuthead Barney Maddox<\/a> poised to take the swing seat on the Board of Education there. (PZ has also posted<\/a> on this.)Now, Wired has a piece this developing story.<\/p>\n

… two pro-intelligent design candidates will vie for seats on the Texas Board of Education.The board selects textbooks and decides what Texas children are taught. Later this year, the state will review its science curriculum; observers fear that creationist explanations of life’s origins will be presented as scientifically valid alternatives to evolution….The 15-member Board of Education is roughly balanced between supporters and opponents of evolution — but the March 4 board election features two pro-ID candidates, both running against pro-evolution incumbents… would-be board member Lupe Gonzalez, a retired school administrator, wants intelligent design given “equal weight” with evolution in school textbooks. The second challenger, retired urologist Barney Maddox, considers the state’s current science curriculum an attempt to “brainwash our children into believing evolution.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[source]<\/a>Please agitate for the re-election of Mary Berlanga and Pat Hardy in those seats. It matters.Also, you can visit the Texas Freedom Network<\/a> (which describes itself as “A mainstream voice to counter the religious right.”) and keep track of things there. You can sign the Stand Up for Science Petition. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It turns out that there are TWO (not just the previously reported Barney Maddox) distinct threats to the delicate pro- vs. anti-science balance on the Texas School Board.I had earlier alerted you to trouble brewing in Texas, with Full Blown Creationist Nuthead Barney Maddox poised to take the swing seat on the Board of Education … Continue reading We ain’t outta Texas yet … Creationist Stacked School Board Looms on the Horizon<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[207,55,151,156,87],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-pS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}