{"id":299,"date":"2007-10-24T08:47:43","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=299"},"modified":"2008-08-05T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T23:42:15","slug":"3rd-editorial-supports-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=299","title":{"rendered":"3rd editorial supports evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sun-Sentinel<\/a> jumps aboard, supporting evolution in the new draft science standards.<\/p>\n

About time for evolution<\/em><\/p>\n

Florida’s public education system has finally evolved to the point where evolution can be taught. Welcome to the real world, Florida.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Most scientists don’t even think evolution is debatable. But you can be sure there will be folks, perhaps even legislators, demanding that creationism and “intelligent design” and whatever else should be given equal time. <\/em>If they want to have that debate, fine, but keep it out of science classes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Sun-Sentinel jumps aboard, supporting evolution in the new draft science standards. About time for evolution Florida’s public education system has finally evolved to the point where evolution can be taught. Welcome to the real world, Florida. … Most scientists … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[4,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-4P","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":338,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=338","url_meta":{"origin":299,"position":0},"title":"Miami Herald article","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Miami Herald jumps into the fray over evolution in the Florida public schools science standards. 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