{"id":1170,"date":"2010-03-04T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T18:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2010-03-04T14:57:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T18:57:02","slug":"anti-evolutionists-are-changingtactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Anti Evolutionists Are Changing Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the risk of being accused of scare mongering\u00c2\u00a0I wanted to bring to your attention the latest creationist ruse. Although this is some what old news, the New York Times has an article<\/a> on the expanding agenda by anti evolutionists to link global\u00c2\u00a0warming and human cloning with\u00c2\u00a0the teaching of evolution.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The linkage of evolution and global warming is partly a legal strategy: courts have found that singling out evolution for criticism in public schools is a violation of the separation of church and state. By insisting that global warming also be debated, deniers of evolution can argue that they are simply championing academic freedom in general.<\/p>\n

We all need to remain alert to these changing tactics and be ready to address them should any attempt be made to water down our own standards in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the risk of being accused of scare mongering\u00c2\u00a0I wanted to bring to your attention the latest creationist ruse. Although this is some what old news, the New York Times has an article on the expanding agenda by anti evolutionists … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-iS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1714,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1714","url_meta":{"origin":1170,"position":0},"title":"10.17.12 This & That","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"October 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"-- Researcher advocates 'student-centered' approach to science education: A group of educational researchers at Florida State University are drawing widespread attention after their paper measuring the superior results of a more \"student-centered\" approach to teaching science was published in the pre-eminent journal Science. ... \"By many measures, the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 5 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 5 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1714#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":771,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=771","url_meta":{"origin":1170,"position":1},"title":"I had no idea we were so evil","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"November 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Take a look at this Viewpoint article in the Panama City News Herald. 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