{"id":972,"date":"2009-03-26T14:38:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T18:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=972"},"modified":"2009-04-30T19:28:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T23:28:11","slug":"ripples-from-texas-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Ripples from Texas Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

BREAKING NEWS: A proposed amendment adding \u00e2\u20ac\u0153strengths and weaknesses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of scientific theories back to the science standards has failed on a 7-7 vote. This is a huge victory for sound science, but not the final word. The final vote will be taken on Friday. And board members may now offer additional amendments to the standards, so there is still room for mischief by anti-evolution board members.\u00c2\u00a0So Act 1 is over with a victory for science advocates. Stay tuned as Act 2 begins.<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks for the “updates” from Josh Rosenau\u00c2\u00a0at the NCSE, who is in Texas supporting good science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BREAKING NEWS: A proposed amendment adding \u00e2\u20ac\u0153strengths and weaknesses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d of scientific theories back to the science standards has failed on a 7-7 vote. This is a huge victory for sound science, but not the final word. 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