{"id":470,"date":"2008-02-19T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T15:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=470"},"modified":"2008-08-06T09:22:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:22:50","slug":"were-getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"we’re getting there"},"content":{"rendered":"

john stemmer?–florida family counsel. religion is our opponents strawman. this is not about religion. talks about micro and macro. never observed macro. rats to bats but no ratbats. science must be reality. evidence against evolution must be taught. children being yanked from public schools!<\/p>\n

paul — im last. scienctist and educator and father. help my son with his interest in science. we improve science with new dicoveries. that’s what the standards say. lots of evidence for evolution. faith at home. scince in class. help my son.<\/p>\n

public hearing over.<\/p>\n

martinez–bathroom break. laughter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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