bripat9643
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IN the 1920s the hicks in Tennessee passed a law making the teaching of evolution against the law. That's what led up to the Scopes trial. If you don't know what that's about, then I suggest you see the movie "Inherit the wind" with Spencer Tracy.
It appears that we now have the modern day equivalent of these Tennessee hicks in Portland Oregon.
It appears that we now have the modern day equivalent of these Tennessee hicks in Portland Oregon.
Portland school board votes to BAN books that question climate change
School officials in Portland, Oregon, have banned books questioning climate change from the classroom.
The city's public school board voted last week that any material saying climate change doesn't exist or that humans are not at fault should be removed.
The resolution also directs school staff to develop an implementation plan for 'curriculum and educational opportunities that address climate change and climate justice in all Portland Public Schools.'
The measure was passed even though the Oregon Institute of Science and medicine is circulating a petition which states: 'there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate.'
So far it has 32,000 signers, including 9,000 Ph.D.s.
Bill Bigelow, a former Portland public school teacher who worked to present the resolution told the Portland Tribune: 'A lot of the text materials are kind of thick with the language of doubt, and obviously the science says otherwise.
'We don't want kids in Portland learning material courtesy of the fossil fuel industry.'
School officials in Portland, Oregon, have banned books questioning climate change from the classroom.
The city's public school board voted last week that any material saying climate change doesn't exist or that humans are not at fault should be removed.
The resolution also directs school staff to develop an implementation plan for 'curriculum and educational opportunities that address climate change and climate justice in all Portland Public Schools.'
The measure was passed even though the Oregon Institute of Science and medicine is circulating a petition which states: 'there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate.'
So far it has 32,000 signers, including 9,000 Ph.D.s.
Bill Bigelow, a former Portland public school teacher who worked to present the resolution told the Portland Tribune: 'A lot of the text materials are kind of thick with the language of doubt, and obviously the science says otherwise.
'We don't want kids in Portland learning material courtesy of the fossil fuel industry.'
