How did your lawmakers rate?

The Christian Coalition of Florida issued a legislative scorecard listing all of the bills from this past session the group deemed important enough to support or oppose. The group then listed all the members of the Senate and House and graded them on how they voted on those bills. Listed as bill “Z” is the deceptively-named Academic Freedom bill. You can see a copy of the scorecard at the Central Florida Political Pulse blog of the Orlando Sentinel.

One thing I noted was how the media is reporting this so far. From that Sentinel blog:

The region was also home to one of the three Florida senators who scored perfectly in the Christian Coalition’s eyes: you guessed it, Sen. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, who was among a distinct minority within the 40-member chamber to score perfectly on their anti-gambling, anti-evolution, anti-abortion measuring stick.

And take a look at Palm Beach Politics blog of the Sun-Sentinel.

The Christian Coalition graded legislators on their votes on abortion issues, school vouchers and an anti-evolution bill allowing teachers to discredit Darwin in the classroom.

Notice that the media so far is not buying the “academic freedom” angle. They’re labeling it simply as anti-evolution. Period.

About Brandon Haught

Communications Director for Florida Citizens for Science.
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2 Responses to How did your lawmakers rate?

  1. Noodlicious says:

    Can someone remind me again just why it is that religious organizations get all that tax exemption? Be nice if all that lost revenue could be injected into something that benefits everyone. Like….umm…..education for instance.

  2. PatrickHenry says:

    It’s a bit of a bribe, and it works. We’ve never really had a rebellious clergy in this country.

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