You losers can't even win in Texas. In twenty years you'll be completely irrelevant or dead.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...sclaimers-to-science-books.ece?nclick_check=1
AUSTIN — Coverage of evolution in new high school science books in Texas appears likely to escape the major disclaimers that social conservatives and other critics seek.
State Board of Education members are slated to adopt the new biology books this week after discussing potential changes in hearings that begin Wednesday. The materials need board approval to be on the state’s recommended list of textbooks and e-books.
So far, major publishers have resisted social conservatives’ efforts to add questions about key elements of the theory of evolution.
“I don’t see any major changes coming,” said board Vice Chairman Thomas Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant. “I believe the books will get approved without incident.”
It signals a long-term change in the board’s politics. Four years ago, when it adopted standards for what must be taught in Texas science classes, the board stripped out a requirement to teach “weaknesses” of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution but had a heated debate, driven by a bloc of seven social conservatives. The following year, they won inclusion of several conservative political figures and issues in the state’s social studies curriculum.
“Most people recognize there has been a shift in the balance of power on the board,” Ratliff said.
One of those who lost was former board Chairman Don McLeroy of College Station. Ratliff beat him in a hotly contested GOP primary in 2010.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/poli...sclaimers-to-science-books.ece?nclick_check=1
AUSTIN — Coverage of evolution in new high school science books in Texas appears likely to escape the major disclaimers that social conservatives and other critics seek.
State Board of Education members are slated to adopt the new biology books this week after discussing potential changes in hearings that begin Wednesday. The materials need board approval to be on the state’s recommended list of textbooks and e-books.
So far, major publishers have resisted social conservatives’ efforts to add questions about key elements of the theory of evolution.
“I don’t see any major changes coming,” said board Vice Chairman Thomas Ratliff, R-Mount Pleasant. “I believe the books will get approved without incident.”
It signals a long-term change in the board’s politics. Four years ago, when it adopted standards for what must be taught in Texas science classes, the board stripped out a requirement to teach “weaknesses” of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution but had a heated debate, driven by a bloc of seven social conservatives. The following year, they won inclusion of several conservative political figures and issues in the state’s social studies curriculum.
“Most people recognize there has been a shift in the balance of power on the board,” Ratliff said.
One of those who lost was former board Chairman Don McLeroy of College Station. Ratliff beat him in a hotly contested GOP primary in 2010.
