{"id":2479,"date":"2016-08-31T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2016-08-31T19:21:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T23:21:15","slug":"yes-people-are-still-worried-about-evolution-education-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"Yes, people are still worried about evolution education in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"o_darwinismorintelligentdesign\"<\/a>Is teaching evolution still an issue here in Florida? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been quite a while since there have been any newsworthy mentions of opposition to evolution here. But that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t still lurking under the surface, ready to burst out at any time. My evidence? Voting guides issued by various \u00e2\u20ac\u0153family\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153values\u00e2\u20ac\u009d organizations across the state.<\/p>\n

Want to know who supports or opposes the statement \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Amend DOE Curriculum Framework for Biology and Life Science to allow the teaching of life by intelligent design\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Walton County<\/a>, Sumter County<\/a>, St. Lucie County<\/a>, Okaloosa County<\/a>, and Lake County<\/a>? (All links are to voting guide pdf documents.)<\/p>\n

How about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Evolution should be taught as a fact\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in Clay County<\/a>?<\/p>\n

I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been able to see how all of these candidates did in their primary elections. If you want to do the research, please report your results in the comments. And if you are aware of any other voter guides that mention evolution of intelligent design, let us know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is teaching evolution still an issue here in Florida? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been quite a while since there have been any newsworthy mentions of opposition to evolution here. But that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t still lurking under the surface, ready to burst … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":true,"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-DZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":828,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=828","url_meta":{"origin":2479,"position":0},"title":"Florida’s Greatest Menace: Introduction","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"January 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Florida\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Greatest Menace series here at Florida Citizens for Science. 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