{"id":732,"date":"2008-09-30T21:08:25","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T01:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=732"},"modified":"2008-10-31T15:13:10","modified_gmt":"2008-10-31T19:13:10","slug":"tx-all-together-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=732","title":{"rendered":"TX: All together now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas scientists are standing in unison against antiscientific nonsense<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Scientists from major Texas universities are joining to oppose efforts to bring supernatural and religious teaching into public school science courses.<\/p>\n

They say any attempts to teach students “weaknesses” in evolution should be blocked.<\/p>\n

The newly formed 21st Century Science Coalition announced Tuesday it has 800 scientists in its growing group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the group’s website<\/a>. Check them out. Florida scientists could learn a few things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas scientists are standing in unison against antiscientific nonsense! Scientists from major Texas universities are joining to oppose efforts to bring supernatural and religious teaching into public school science courses. 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