Louisiana Board Rejects Biology Texts Disclaimer
A state board has rejected a request from evangelical Christians to flag biology textbooks with a statement that evolution is a theory, not a fact.
A committee of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education had approved the disclaimer proposal earlier, but the full board rejected the panel’s recommendation by a 7-3 vote Dec. 12. Had the disclaimer been approved, it would have made Louisiana the only state besides Alabama with such a provision.
“I am not prepared to go back to the Dark Ages,” said Paul Pastorek, the board’s president, who voted against the disclaimer.
Some religious fundamentalists and others object to the teaching of evolution, saying that it contradicts the biblical account of creation.
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