{"id":395,"date":"2008-01-17T06:54:42","date_gmt":"2008-01-17T11:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=395"},"modified":"2008-08-05T20:58:43","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T00:58:43","slug":"yet-more-counties-with-anti-evolution-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Yet more counties with anti-evolution resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Times-Union<\/a> reports that yet more counties are doing the anti-evolution resolutions.<\/p>\n

The boards in St. Johns and Baker counties have unanimously passed resolutions urging the Florida Department of Education to back down from those new standards on evolution. The matter comes up tonight in Clay County, and Nassau and Putnam <\/strong>counties have similar resolutions pending.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Some school superintendents say the resolutions reflect the religious nature of their constituents in Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n

“Of course, the farther south you get, you don’t see them necessarily embracing what we are saying,” said Baker County Superintendent Paula Barton. “To be honest with you, we are a strong Christian community here, and once people here have gotten a hold of [the resolution], they’ve certainly given it strong support.”<\/p>\n

Nassau County Superintendent John Ruis said he is a strong believer in biblical creationism. The theory of evolution has many “holes” in it, he said – and presenting it as undisputed fact “is certainly contrary to the beliefs of many people, including myself.”<\/p>\n

Clay County’s retiring superintendent, David Owens, said the state is “interfering” in what should be a local matter. Other theories on the origin of life should be presented along with evolution, he said.<\/p>\n

“I believe in the separation of church and state, but I also believe there is important information available on both sides of [evolution],” he said. “To present it in just one way is wrong.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Florida Times-Union reports that yet more counties are doing the anti-evolution resolutions. 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