From PZ Myers’ Pharyngula blog - Bad news from Louisiana on a new bill in Louisiana that allows teachers to supplement science text books with added religious or other material on evolution, global warming, etc. Note that the bill is couched in all sorts of language about free expression and exposure to controversial ideas.

“Remember that crazy teacher with the weird ideas you had back in 8th grade? Now he would be encouraged to bring in bible tracts, anti-abortion screeds, and puff-pieces by right wing editorialists decrying climate change as a communist plot, all in order to balance the teaching of that darned evidence-based biology and earth science stuff.

Note also that this bill, the ‘Louisiana Science Education Act’, was introduced by a Democrat (Ben Nevers, the ignorant pissant) and was approved 94-3.

All I can think is that ‘Louisiana Science’ must be some kind of polite euphemism for ‘bugfuck crazy stupidity’.”

This is from the same state whose governor (and possible Republican VP candidate), Bobby Jindal, claims to have taken part in an exorcism and also cured cancer.

(Via ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed.)

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