Re: Missouri: Scientists rally here for evolution

Also see "Anti-evolutionism in America -- What's ahead?" at
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/aiop-aia012006.php

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Today an organization representing 10,000 Christian clergy from many
denominations will join with scientists and educators to launch The
Alliance for Science, which opposes the teaching of
creationism/intelligent design in public schools. The announcement is
part of an American Association for the Advancement of Science
symposium entitled, "Anti-Evolutionism in America -- What's Ahead."

The symposium will examine the current legal and educational
challenges to teaching evolution taking place at all levels, as well
as scientific content of both sides of the issue. Since the
anti-evolutionary movement presumes a conflict between religion and
science, the support for evolution among the 10,000 Christian clergy
is particularly noteworthy.

The program will explore the impact of the anti-evolution movement on
its primary target: high school students and teachers, with a
frontline report from Cobb County, Georgia and Dover, Pennsylvania,
sites of successful court challenges to the teaching of intelligent
design.

"The goal of this symposium," said organizer Dr. Irving Wainer of the
National Institute on Aging, "is to set the basis for a united effort
of the scientific community, allied with the religious, educational
and business sectors, to educate the public about the different but
complementary roles of science and religion. We want to improve the
teaching of science in our public schools and to restore the
excitement about science that once characterized the United States."
Paul S. Forbes, co-chairman of the Alliance for Science will also
announce that in addition to keeping creationism out of public
schools, the Alliance will mobilize national support for a new
bipartisan national science agenda that is now being formulated in
Congress. This agenda, which is based upon a report from the National
Academy of Sciences1, includes increased support for basic research;
more scholarships for future math, science and engineering teachers;
more graduate fellowships in these fields; tax incentives for
scientific innovation; establishment of a new federal Advanced
Research Projects Agency; and expanded access to broadband
communications.

"According to a study funded by the National Science Foundation, 93%
of Americans are scientifically illiterate," says Forbes. "That is
unacceptable in a world in which scientific knowledge, prosperity and
security are inseparable. Unless we remain the world leader in science
and technology, it is doubtful that our families will be able to
continue to enjoy the comfortable, middle class life to which they
have become accustomed."

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Speakers at the symposium also include scientists, high school and
university educators, representatives of the Clergy Project, the
National Science Teachers Association and the National Center for
Science Education, and community activists from Cobb County, GA and
Dover, PA.

1 Rising Above the Gathering Strom: Energizing and Employing America
for a Brighter Economic Future. National Academy of Engineering and
the Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, 2005.

The Clergy Project's Evolution Sunday website:
http://www.uwosh.edu/colleges/cols/rel_evol_sun.htm
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J. Spaceman

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