{"id":1051,"date":"2009-05-28T18:38:07","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:16:26","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:16:26","slug":"meanwhile-in-texas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, in Texas …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… their creationist board of education chairman was essentially fired<\/a>. Yeah, Texas! But some of those arguments used by Don McLeroy’s supporters sure do sound familiard, don’t they?<\/p>\n

“A theory is just a theory. They are not irrefutable facts of nature.”<\/p>\n

“Why do we care” what the rest of the country says, Sen. Patrick asks.<\/p>\n

“If this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about evolution, if this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about what the Bible teaches, what is this about?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

… their creationist board of education chairman was essentially fired. Yeah, Texas! But some of those arguments used by Don McLeroy’s supporters sure do sound familiard, don’t they? “A theory is just a theory. They are not irrefutable facts of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-gX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3299,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=3299","url_meta":{"origin":1051,"position":0},"title":"Reactions to Schools Without Rules article","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Orlando Sentinel published an article a few days ago highlighting the atrocious curriculum some voucher-accepting private schools use:\u00c2\u00a0Private schools' curriculum downplays slavery, says humans and dinosaurs lived together. 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