{"id":607,"date":"2008-06-12T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T21:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=607"},"modified":"2008-08-07T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T14:08:18","slug":"louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

I would like to draw your attention to the Louisiana Coalition for Science<\/a>. Barbara Forrest is working hard to put out the “academic freedom” fire there. Here is a good TV debate <\/a>she had with her local creationist critters. Throw some support Barbara’s way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I would like to draw your attention to the Louisiana Coalition for Science. Barbara Forrest is working hard to put out the “academic freedom” fire there. Here is a good TV debate she had with her local creationist critters. 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