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Scientific American has a short article up about the push to wedge creationism into public school science classrooms<\/a>. The article is primarily just an informational piece to spread the word about what is going in various states, with Louisiana and Texas getting the highlights. But a hitting-the-nail-on-the-head quote is found at the very end:<\/p>\n

… creationists have retooled their approach. This year’s buzzwords were “academic freedom” and “strengths and weaknesses”.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

It’s all part of a gradual rhetorical shift away from talking about creationism and intelligent design toward casting doubt on evolution, says Joshua Rosenau, spokesperson for the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, Calif.<\/p>\n

“They have this idea,” he says, “that it’s a zero-sum game, so anything you can do to knock evolution down actually promotes creationism without having to say the word.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientific American has a short article up about the push to wedge creationism into public school science classrooms. The article is primarily just an informational piece to spread the word about what is going in various states, with Louisiana and … 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":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-br","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=717","url_meta":{"origin":709,"position":0},"title":"Adventures in N.C.","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Just documenting a few tidbits here in the event you haven't heard about them yet. 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