{"id":1211,"date":"2010-08-02T06:41:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T10:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2010-08-02T06:41:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T10:41:58","slug":"keep-an-eye-on-alachua-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1211","title":{"rendered":"Keep an eye on Alachua County"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent forum for Alachua County school board candidates brought out the following tidbit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Some of the candidates thought creationism has a place in public school education, with others saying it should be taught in a class that discusses theories or philosophies of all world religions. Some, though, said it belongs in church or at home.<\/p>\n

“I am absolutely opposed to teaching creationism as science in our schools,” said Rick Nesbit, who is running for the District 1 seat. “I would absolutely safeguard the separation of church and state.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, the newspaper article didn’t break down by name who believed what other than Mr. Nesbit. If anyone who is familiar with these candidates can fill us in, please do so in the comments. Meanwhile, I’ll also see what I can track down.<\/p>\n

So far, known creationists in other school board races are John Tracy<\/a> in Pasco, Terry Kemple<\/a> in Hillsborough, Terry Pittman<\/a> in Polk, and\u00c2\u00a0 Ron Young<\/a> in Palm Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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