Media onslaught continues....

[sigma7]

Thank you, LA Times:

CLAY CENTER, Kan. — In this rural swath of northern Kansas, where the grass rolls thick and green to the horizon, a white cross dominates the landscape.

Kathy Martin, a member of the state board of education, and her family built it on their farm this spring, gathering weathered chunks of limestone from the horse pasture and laying them on a hillside.

The cross is a proud expression of Martin's faith. And as hearings challenging the role of evolution in the state's school science curriculum began Thursday, that cross left little doubt about where she stood in the debate.

"Evolution is a great theory, but it is flawed," said Martin, 59, a retired science and elementary school teacher who is presiding over the hearings. "There are alternatives. Children need to hear them…. We can't ignore that our nation is based on Christianity — not science."

And this is the point where my head just drops to my desk and I'm glad I'm out of the school system now because if I'd had to put up with these people being the gatekeepers of my education I would've cried myself to sleep every night of my life.

Comments

[eternalei.livejournal.com]

We are not a nation based on Christianity! ARGH! When will these morons realize this? The Foundin Fathers wrote "Endowed by their Creator" and not god for a reason! If I want to learn Creationalism, I'll take a Theology class.

[opheliasclone.livejournal.com]

The funny thing to me was when the scientists decided to boycott the whole proceedings, and nobody on the board took the hint that this perhaps indicated there was something wrong in their overall approach to the matter.

[motteditor.livejournal.com]

I had posted something about this, but ended up deleting it. How do you stay in that state? I'd be fleeing post-haste.