Michigan school board flunks 'intelligent design'.The Michigan State Board of Education has taken a stand for sound science education by ensuring that "intelligent design" may not be taught in the state's biology courses. The state school board voted 8-0 in early October to block intelligent design, the latest variant of creationism creationism or creation science, belief in the biblical account of the creation of the world as described in Genesis, a characteristic especially of fundamentalist Protestantism (see fundamentalism). , from high school biology classes. The vote cut language from curriculum standards that critics said would allow for the discussion of intelligent design in science. In 2005, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that intelligent design is a religious belief, not science, and therefore not fit for study in science classes. Americans United for Separation of Church and State Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United or AU for short) is a religious freedom advocacy group in the United States which promotes the separation of church and state, a legal doctrine seen by the AU as being enshrined in the Establishment , along with the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. of Pennsylvania, brought the lawsuit challenging a public school board's policy of promoting intelligent design. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Religion News Service, Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan can refer to different people:
"The board didn't want to be ambiguous at all," he said. |
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