{"id":1644,"date":"2012-08-06T20:26:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2012-08-06T20:26:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T00:26:44","slug":"%e2%80%9cthat%e2%80%99s-called-academic-freedom-%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1644","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called academic freedom.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been without Internet for a few days and so haven’t been able to get this update posted. It’s another article about the race for House District 17: Renuart facing two challengers, Davis and Kendall, in re-election bid<\/a>. Nothing really new here, but it’s worth reading for the it-would-be-funny-if-it-wasn’t-so-sad quotes from Kendall.<\/p>\n

[Kendall] believes creationism should be allowed in science classes, though teaching the biblical version is now against state law.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We must allow students in science class to question whether evolution is the basis for the origin of life,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she told a Republican group earlier this year. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s called academic freedom.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Kendall also favors public funding of religious and private schools.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Public money going to religious schools is money well-spent,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think we should be supporting schools that are not based on our Judeo-Christian heritage.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

She told The Record editorial board that she would not favor public funding of Islamic religious schools.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even though a previous article<\/a> had revealed that all of the candidates support creationism, this article only highlights Kendall’s views on the issue for some unknown reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been without Internet for a few days and so haven’t been able to get this update posted. It’s another article about the race for House District 17: Renuart facing two challengers, Davis and Kendall, in re-election bid. 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