Saturday, February 26, 2005

Judge: Evolution stickers unconstitutional



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I remember way back when I was in school (I sound like my Dad) some of our textbooks contained pictures similar to the above (except we didn't have computers we had an abacus).
I don't remember anybody protesting that evolution was mentioned or shown in school (maybe our parents had a better gripe/influence on our young lives).
Well apparently now a days we are much more sensitive in such matters or we just want our point to be made or we just want to everyone to believe what we believe or we have some kind or agenda or..... (add your own here).
In 2002 the Cobb county school system spent money (tax?) to print stickers:
The stickers read, "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered."
That means money was also spent to design what was to printed on the stickers, what color the stickers should be, what size the stickers should be and where to place them on the book. I would say this required at least a few meetings of school board people. School board members that are paid by who????
I am sure that it cost someone, somewhere some money to affix these stickers to the book.
Now we have spent money so that a Federal judge can make a ruling on the constitutionality of these stickers. Are we going to have to pay someone to remove these stickers? We could enlist the students to do this (for free), wait a second these offended students could have done that in the first place. Come to think of it I have not read or seen any stories on this matter (again, granted, I have not seen or read everything on issue) where the students are interviewed or mentioned it is always the "parents of students".
Maybe once the stickers are removed the families that feel the need for these stickers can buy some labels and print their own stickers (a private protest?). That way when the students get fined for defacing a textbook we can have yet another lawsuit and then refer back to the time that we did have stickers defacing the books. See it has now become a never ending money cycle.
Maybe everyone should focus on the students and how can they be better educated.
It seems that everyone involved in this is very passionate and passion is always good.


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