{"id":680,"date":"2008-08-10T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=680"},"modified":"2008-09-29T14:48:39","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T18:48:39","slug":"silly-season-florida-house-district-71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"Silly Season: Florida House, District 71"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans Chris Constance and Ken Roberson are vying for the Florida House in District 71<\/a>. FYI:<\/p>\n

He [Constance] has endeavored, along with Roberson, to portray himself as the candidate of the Republican right (both support requiring public school teachers to offer “alternative” theories to evolution).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think one word in there is of particular significance: requiring. Not permitting. Requiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republicans Chris Constance and Ken Roberson are vying for the Florida House in District 71. FYI: He [Constance] has endeavored, along with Roberson, to portray himself as the candidate of the Republican right (both support requiring public school teachers to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-aY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":559,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=559","url_meta":{"origin":680,"position":0},"title":"Amendments are flying","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Tomorrow, the Florida House is expected to debate and consider amendments to House Bill 1483. 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