A BUNCH of lame-brained members of the Indiana state Senate recently made complete asses of themselves when they passed a bill to promote creationism in public schools. Sponsored by Republican Dennis Kruse, the new bill was worded thus: The governing body of a school corporation may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of [...]
FUNDING is to be withdrawn from any free school in England and Wales that teaches “evidence-based views or theories” that run “contrary to established scientific and/or historical evidence and explanations”. According to this report – following a campaign by the British Humanist Association – the Department for Education has revised its model funding agreement, allowing [...]
EARLIER this year, the UK’s Department for Education issued guidance on how to apply for free school or academy status. Guidelines included the requirement that: Creationism, intelligent design and similar ideas must not be taught as valid scientific theories. But, according to this report, critics point out that there is nothing statutory to prevent such [...]
GOOD sense has triumphed over biblical bullshit in Texas. On Friday, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve sound-science materials for public school biology courses. By a 14-0 vote, the board chose to approve supplemental materials from mainstream publishers, not creationist crap from Religious Right-backed suppliers of dodgy Bible-bases hypotheses. According to this [...]
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AHEAD of last Saturday’s celebrations across the world of Charles Darwin’s birth (February 12, 1809) Secular News Daily used the occasion to highlight attempts to derail the teaching of evolution and weaken science education in public schools in the US. They quoted Bill Nye, “The Science Guy”, as saying that teachers’ reluctance to teach Darwin’s [...]
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IN DUBLIN tomorrow a book rubbishing evolution will be launched – by Ireland’s Minister of State for Science, Technology and Enterprise, Conor Lenihan! The Origins of Specious Nonsense is the creation of John J May, who states: Charles Darwin and his modern ‘disciples’ – Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel C Dennet (sic), Christopher Hitchens et [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
