Monday, January 09, 2012

New Hampshire's New Scopes Trial

New Hampshire took an early lead this year in the effort to dumb down school students and erode the separation of church and state in the education system by introducing two anti-evolution bills to its state legislature (h/t Mother Jones). The two laws are the first of their kind in the state since the late 90's. According to the National Center for Science Education, House Bill 1149 would:
 
"[r]equire evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists’ political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism."


MORE: http://www.truth-out.org/new-hampshires-new-scopes-trial/1325956418