McLeroy har suttit i skolstyrelsen sedan 1998, och har under den tiden kämpat för att få bort skolböcker som innehåller vetenskapliga uppgifter som han inte tycker om:
In 2001, McLeroy and a majority of the board rejected the only Advanced Placement textbook for high school environmental science because its views on global warming and other events didn't comport with the beliefs of the board majority. The book wasn't factual and was anti-American and anti-Christian, the majority claimed. Meanwhile, dozens of colleges and universities were using the textbook, including Baylor University, the nation's largest Baptist college.
In 2003, McLeroy voted against approving biology textbooks that included a full-scale scientific account of evolutionary theory.
Hur mycket vet då McLeroy om den evolutionsteori han kämpar mot? Ett brev han skrev till andra medlemmar i skolstyrelsen ger svar på den frågan:
Given all the time in the world, I don't think I could make a spider out of a rock. However, most of the books we are considering adopting, claim that Nothing made a spider out of a rock.
I don't think I share a common ancestor with a tree. However, most of the books we are considering adopting, claim as a fact that we all share a common ancestor with a tree.
"Ingenting skapade en spindel av en sten." Och det här är en man som nu ska bestämma vad skolbarnen i USA:s näst största delstat ska lära sig.
Man kanske får vara glad att det bara är tre av de republikanska presidentkandidaterna som inte säger sig "tro" på evolution...
Via Bad Astronomy Blog.
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