Ohio education board members lash back at public evolution supporters

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-22/113777364650770.xml&storylist=cleveland

1/20/2006, 11:07 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State Board of Education members lashed back at audience members who criticized the state's lesson plan for questioning evolution, reading a personal e-mail from one speaker and reading newspapers as another person spoke, a newspaper reported Friday.

The confrontations during the public comment section of last week's meeting happened after journalists left, said The Columbus Dispatch, which obtained a tape of the meeting.

Gov. Bob Taft's office has received some angry letters, and Taft spokesman Mark Rickel said the governor expects board members to act professionally toward each other and the public. Some board members are appointed by the governor, but the harshest comments came from elected members.

The board by a 9-8 vote on Jan. 10 rejected an attempt to reopen debate on whether the state's lesson plan for science include inaccuracies about evolution and promotes "intelligent design," the idea that life is too complex to have evolved. Member Martha Wise had sought to remove the evolution lesson plan because of a federal court ruling in Pennsylvania rejecting intelligent design as an unscientific form of creationism...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. And here I thought Illinois was a weird state. Ohio is really fucked up.

wow.

But we are ahead of you in terms of convictions. I have lost count how many dirty pols are now in jail, from both parties. We have Fitzmas to thank for that. He has been great.

I suspect once (if?) the indictments in your state start coming down, then, you will be on the road to recovery. With a cleaner political system, you can remove those ID idiots.

[depakid]

10. I'm convinced it's something in the water

Mercury contamination or something.

Ohians have been self-flagellating themselves for years now, and can't seem to make the simple connection.

[meganmonkey]

2. It's kinda funny

The more the anti-evolutionists try to make their point, the more they succeed in proving themselves right, because it is obvious humans aren't evolving if so many people are this fucking ignorant!

My brain just exploded, excuse me.

:crazy:

[LilOrphan]

3. Hah!

I can't believe people can be so regressive in this day and age. It's like the clock started heading backwards as we entered a new millenium.

[Zenlitened]

6. "clock started heading backwards as we entered a new millenium"

LOL! :rofl:

That's a great way to put it!

(Welcome to DU, by the way :hi: )

[zbdent]

7. That's it!!

The Y2K bug affected the "conservative" (read: outdated, not upgraded) mentality!

That's the problem!

"We don't need to worry about Y2K - Who's going to be using that old, obsolete program anyway???"

[yorkiemommie1]

11. so THAT's what Y2k was all about!

it's all making sense now. everything is getting stupider and stupider and before you know it, we'll be back in the dark ages.

[zbdent]

4. Republicans look at a 500 piece puzzle and say

"It can't be done . . . it's too complex . . ."

[Ezlivin]

5. No, they say it can be done cheaper by outsourcing

Then when the puzzle doesn't get done correctly, they'll say it's because the puzzle-solvers had their morale harmed by critical comments from liberals.

[pinniped]

8. Every FN' time there's a stupid un-intelligent design article the...

entire lesson is spelled out:

--"intelligent design," the idea that life is too complex to have evolved.--

And there it is, the entire lame course in one damm sentence.

[PBass]

9. DU members should get a seat on their local school boards!

Progressives need to get themselves voted into local office in order to help stop this kind of stupidity.

Take back America from the religious fundamentalists, from the bottom up.