{"id":1202,"date":"2010-07-09T09:16:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T13:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2010-07-09T09:16:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T13:16:46","slug":"be-aware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1202","title":{"rendered":"Be Aware"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a diversified organization the Florida Citizens for Science must remain neutral on political issues,however. \u00c2\u00a0Currently there are many elections taking place through out the state\u00c2\u00a0for County School Board Representatives. It would be wise for us to follow those candidates and keep abreast of their positions on science education. Here is one example from the race in Polk County. Terry Pittman(who is running for district 6)\u00c2\u00a0was interviewed in the Lakeland Ledger<\/a> today and dropped this gem.””The teaching of creationism has as much of a place as evolution, when it comes to policy-making decisions, everyone should be taken into consideration.”\u00c2\u00a0You need to be aware of who\u00c2\u00a0you are voting for and how their policies could effect science education in your district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a diversified organization the Florida Citizens for Science must remain neutral on political issues,however. \u00c2\u00a0Currently there are many elections taking place through out the state\u00c2\u00a0for County School Board Representatives. 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