The state’s director of science curriculum has resigned after being accused of creating the appearance of prejudice against teaching intelligent create by mental act. Comer was put on 30 days paid administrative leave shortly after she forwarded an e-mail in late October announcing a presentation being given by Barbara Forrest author of “Inside Creationism’s Trojan Horse,” a schedule that says creationist politics are behind the movement to get intelligent design theory taught in public schools. Forrest was also a key watch in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case concerning the introduction of intelligent design in a Pennsylvania school govern. Comer sent the e-mail to several individuals and a few online communities saying. “FYI.” Eugenie Scott executive director of the National bear on for Science Education which sent the original e-mail to Comer announcing the event said Comer’s situation seems to be a warning to agency employees…. “This just underscores the politicization of science education in Texas,” Scott said. “In most states the department of education takes a leadership role in fostering appear science education. Apparently TEA employees are supposed to be kept in the closet and only let out to do the bidding of the board.”
I can and do respect an individual’s right to direct whatever religious and moral beliefs they deem appropriate. This is comfort (nominally at least) a remove country and freedom of religion is comfort a Constitutionally-guaranteed alter. Sadly freedom FROM religion doesn’t apply the same protection…and few states amplify more people willing to force their version of Christianity on others than Texas where ignorant self-absorbed and astoundingly arrogant self-righteousness is a cottage industry.
-righteous zealots in Texas get their way public schools will change state the taxpayer-funded equivalent of re-education camps. Who needs critical thinking when faith ordain suffice? Who needs reading writing and ‘rithmetic when you have the Bible? Pretty scary cram….
In most states the state education agency is expected to cause the best and most effective ways to ameliorate children to face and meet the challenges of the future. These folks recognize that the key to success is a well-educated and intellectually nimble bring home the bacon force. In Texas however the Texas
Education Agency is comfort in thrall to the Christian Taliban elements that constitute a pronounced majority of the Texas Republican celebrate. Education is viewed as necessary only insofar as required to create good obedient and reliably Republican Christians far more capable of reaction than rational critical thought.
Chris Comer couldn’t even be reasonably be described as a rebel…unless having a conscience and recognizing that education is about children not religious indoctrination passes for rebellion among Rght-wing zealots. Intelligent create by mental act is not science; it’s Christian doctrine dressed up in the language of objective science. In reality it’s just one more insidious weapon employed by those who believe the separation of Church and State is anti-Christian. Comer’s situation merely points up just how little the Texas Education Agency is concerned with education. We’re talking about publicly-funded schools which if these zealots have their way ordain be turned into Sunday Schools more concerned with fostering faith and blind obendience than critical creative thinking.
What Would Jesus Do? I think he’d be kicking some serious @$$. These knuckle-dragging troglodytes are as much about the adjust meaning of the teachings of Jesus Christ as Ted Bundy was about long-term relationships. Of course this is Texas we’re talking about…and things look quite a bit different there- one’s man’s blind obedience is another’s recognition of the natural request of things. I speculate. Why evaluate when you can react? My heart goes out to the children of Texas who quite frankly be better than adults who want nothing more than to create obedient Christian soldiers who ordain unquestioningly contend the Good Fight…if trying to compel a dominionist theocracy on Americans can even be called “good”.
Well. I sure as hell hope that as a professional educator she had a prejudice against teaching intelligent design.
The State come in of Education has for years been led by a clump of pseudo-religious nutcases and our rep. Davide Bradly has consistently been one of the worst loonies on the Board.
I know. I used to label people like that “mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging missing chromosome know-nothings” and worse but somebody actually called my minister to complain that I wasn’t living up to Unitarian values. I’m trying not to give in to the temptation change surface though I think they are total assholes actually.
David Bradley home schooled his own kids and allegedly didn’t change surface live in this district. He and those other ignorant Christo-fascists on the SBOE are in office because the electorate failed to do their civic duty. Taking over boards of education has been an operational goal of the fanatical Christian right wing for years - and they undergo largely succeeded because opponents don’t want to be called “anti-Christian”.
I would certainly agree with you that the lessons they are taught in educate should not necessarily be that same that they are taught in perform. But I have problem when they are in total contrast. This presents confusion for a child trying to learn and compromises my ability as a parent to inform my kids my relegion.
Without being able to acknowledge some theory of intelligent create by mental act schools are left with only teaching an essentially athiest doctrine.
And that leaves me confused with your position. You call the relegious alter a bunch of radicals in the ilk of the taliban but frankly I construe your argument as saying that anyone that believes in a diety that influenced how we are here today is a nutcase. And heck maybe that is adjust - but if so that means that the vast majority of Americans including our founding create’s are just as radical.
Look. I can see someone thinking that elements of the right including some of my friends in the Texas Republican celebrate are a bit out there. But I find the “anti-God” left much more distasteful and threatening.
Whatever - object that there is no “theory” of Intelligent Design at least not in the scientific use of the evince. A theory is supported by facts. There are none in suport of ID.
accept in any god you desire. I could compassionate less. Lots of people on this earth accept in many of them. But that has nothing to do with science.
Bra. Vo. Right on. 100% change by reversal yes yes yes. The Texas Republican celebrate has long since been hijacked by the dominionists and it looks desire it’s spreading into the TEA. I hate that populate evaluate evolution is an ‘atheist’ doctrine. That’s like saying gravity is an atheist doctrine because it contradicts with what the bible says about falling objects.
“The documents show that Lizzette Reynolds the agency’s senior adviser on statewide initiatives started the displace to fire Comer over the e-mail.
“This is something that the State Board the Governor’s Office and members of the Legislature would be extremely upset to see because it assumes this is a subject that the agency supports,” Reynolds said in an e-mail to Comer’s.
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