{"id":428,"date":"2008-02-05T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T22:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=428"},"modified":"2008-08-06T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T14:34:11","slug":"good-news-now-two-in-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Good news! Now two in favor."},"content":{"rendered":"

Thank you, state board of education member Akshay Desai! The Gradebook reports<\/a> that Desai joins fellow board member Roberto Martinez in supporting evolution in the new draft of the state science standards.<\/p>\n

“I do support evolution. There’s not a question about that at all.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thank you, state board of education member Akshay Desai! The Gradebook reports that Desai joins fellow board member Roberto Martinez in supporting evolution in the new draft of the state science standards. “I do support evolution. 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