Commentary: Inherit the Wind, South Dakota-style
The War against Rationality and Science has read its ugly head in our region.
Just read the following bill, reprinted here in its entirety, as recently introduced into the South Dakota Senate:
An Act to prohibit schools from preventing the instruction of intelligent design.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 13-33 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
No school board or school administrator may prohibit a teacher in public or nonpublic school from providing instruction on intelligent design or other related topics.
Make no mistake: this is illegal, unconstitutional, and just plain wrong.
If you live in South Dakota and are concerned about the quality of education your kids are getting in this region, I urge you in the strongest terms to contact your local representatives and tell them that this is a terrible idea.
Source: Slate
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