{"id":459,"date":"2008-02-19T09:20:34","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=459"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:38:46","slug":"lawmakers-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=459","title":{"rendered":"lawmakers are here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three legilators are going to speak first.<\/p>\n

Rep. Gelber–Faith and kids education are important. No changes! Trust your experts! You did it the right way. Don’t mix science and faith. Not scienc eteachers job to discuss faith. Friday changes were last minute and wrong. <\/p>\n

Rep. Holman–Everone has different opinion. Don’t see differnce between science and religion. Child is miracle, but evolution is fact. This how it happened, that’s how god did it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three legilators are going to speak first. Rep. Gelber–Faith and kids education are important. No changes! Trust your experts! You did it the right way. Don’t mix science and faith. Not scienc eteachers job to discuss faith. 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