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I have a very strange view on politics. I was raised in an entire family of devout Republicans, not just straight-ticket voters, but I'm talking right-wing fanatics! (I even have some good ol' Texas Republican politicians in my family - a certain notorious recent White House press secretary and his mother...) Myself, I'm a big believer in the concept that your personality traits as well your life ideologies are heavily genetic-based. You see, I'm adopted and share hardly a single common belief with almost anyone in my family about pretty much anything. Someone ought to do a study on that one day... Why am I taking this class? Well, to be honest, because it's part of my core curriculum and I don't have a choice. However, I do find Texas history and politics very interesting, and from my experience, most Texans don't know much about either! I would prefer to know truths rather than believe all the rumors - hence the somewhat sarcastic title to this blog.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Conservatives Call for New Text Containining Adam and Eve, Darth Vader, and Spaghetti Monsters

So I read a recent post from the blog "In the Pink" titled "Evolutionary Road" It was on a topic that highly interests me, which is the topic of evolutionism and/or creationism taught in Texas schools. You see, the State Board of Education rejected a motion from conservatives to restore the requirement that "strengths and weaknesses" of Darwin's theory of evolution be taught in schools. The author does a good job of letting us know what side she's on through humorous statements, but overall, the post was too short to really delve into the subject. This is a very hot topic here in Texas, and the post didn't tell enough about what the new requirement says, and if it really changes anything. It didn't go into the fact that if we teach all sides, we have to cover what EVERY religion believes, not just Christian belief. It would be a Pandora's Box that even the conservatives wouldn't want to open, even if some of them don't realize it. No matter if you say "strengths and weaknesses" or "examining from all sides" it all means the same thing and is intended to do the same thing - pollute the theory of evolution. I'm just glad that for now at least we seem to be making headway (albeit slowly) in the right direction. Eventually we'll catch up to the rest of modern society. Maybe.

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