May 22, 2009
Really? Again with this idiot?
Word on the street is that SBOE Chair McLeroy's nom is coming to the floor of the Senate. BOR, Musings (here and here) and Bay Area Houston have coverage up. TFN has this piece. The key quote from it...
It’s McLeroy who told the New York Times that he sees two systems of science, one “naturalist” and the other “creationist.” It’s McLeroy who has said he wants to redefine science to include supernatural explanations. It’s McLeroy who has strongly endorsed a book that says parents who want their children to learn about evolution are “monsters” and that clergy who see no conflict between their faith and science are “morons.” It’s McLeroy who has said he was one of only “four really conservative, orthodox Christians on the board” who opposed science textbooks in 2003 that didn’t challenge evolution.
Now, I've never really understood why faith and the world we live in have to collide. I've never had a problem keeping them separate. As you can tell, Dr. McLeroy does have a massive problem differentiating between the two, specifically when it comes to education. Dogmatic religious thought and education are two things that should never mix, yet Dr. McLeroy seems hellbent on putting them together in a cocktail mixer and then shaking the hell out of them. What comes out is a noxious blend of religion mixed into our educational standards that kills education the ability of educators in this state to properly prepare our children for the future.
Muse has phone numbers for all the Senators here. Give one or more a call and let them know that science should be science and Dr. McLeroy should be doing anything but chairing the State Board tasked with creating educational standards for the children of Texas.
Posted by mcblogger at May 22, 2009 12:01 PM
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