Louisiana's Hindu governor -- who pretends to be a christian -- condemns LA school kids to ignorance
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- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:23:40 -0700 (PDT)
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed into
law a bill that critics say could allow for the teaching of
"creationism" alongside evolution in public schools.
Jindal -- a closeted Hindu who claims to be a conservative Christian
-- who has been touted by pundits as a potential vice presidential
running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, signed
the legislation earlier this week.
The law will allow schools if they choose to use "supplemental
materials" when discussing evolution but does not specify what the
materials would be.
It states that authorities "shall allow ... open and objective
discussion of scientific theories being studied including, but not
limited to, evolution, the origins of life, global warming and human
cloning."
It also says that it "shall not be construed to promote any religious
doctrine, promote discrimination for or against a particular set of
religious beliefs, or promote discrimination for or against religion
or nonreligion."
Jindal's office declined on Friday to comment. The bill was backed by
the Louisiana Family Forum, a conservative Christian group, and the
Discovery Institute, which promotes the theory of "intelligent design"
-- a theory that maintains that the complexity of life points to a
grand designer.
"Intelligent design is currently not in the Louisiana state science
standards and so could not be taught. But this allows scientific
criticisms of Darwin's theory to be taught," said John West, a senior
fellow at the Discovery Institute.
Critics say intelligent design is biblical creation theory by another
name and that the new legislation is an attempt to water down
instruction about evolution.
"Louisiana has a long and unfortunate history of trying to substitute
dogma for science in ... classrooms," said the Rev. Barry Lynn, an
executive director for Americans United for Separation of Church and
State, a religious liberty watchdog.
The group says similar legislation has been attempted previously in
other states such South Carolina, Alabama, Michigan, Missouri and
Florida. Similar battles have also taken places at the school board
level in Kansas.
The teaching of evolution -- the basis of modern biology rooted in
19th-century naturalist Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection
-- has become one of the leading battlefields in the America's
"culture wars."
Many U.S. conservative Christians reject evolution and believe in the
biblical story of creation. A nationwide survey conducted last year by
the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 45 percent of U.S.
adults did not think evolution was the best explanation for the
origins of human life.
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