Re: Tennessee: Finney says he may drop creationism question bill

On Mar 15, 7:58 am, "Ron O" <rokim...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 15, 2:45 am, Jason Spaceman <notrea...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





From the article:
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MARYVILLE, Tenn. - The state senator who proposed forcing Tennessee's
top education official to answer if a supreme being created the
universe said he may stop pushing the matter.

"I'm not sure I'm going forward with that," Sen. Raymond Finney,
R-Maryville, said today in a telephone interview from his Nashville
office. "I'm probably going to reword it anyway. This may not be the
time and place for that."

Finney cited a workload with other legislation as one reason to
reconsider the resolution he introduced, which asks Education
Commissioner Lana Seivers to answer whether the universe "has been
created or has merely happened by random, unplanned, and purposeless
occurrences."

Finney previously has said he wants the department to say there's no
scientific proof for the theory of evolution and to let schools teach
creationism or intelligent design.

"I probably made a mistake in approaching it from a creation aspect,
which raises red flags," Finney said Tuesday. "People get so sensitive
about whether children might be exposed to any sort of religious
thing."
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Read it athttp://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070314/NEWS020...

J. Spaceman

My guess is that some of the dishonest creationists scam artists clued
Finney in on what the current scam is, and that he was making a big
mistake.

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