The Center for Science and Culture
DEC. 7, 2004 – After weeks of public debate, by a vote of 6-1 the school board of Grantsburg, Wisconsin adopted a revised policy on the teaching of evolution at a special meeting on December 6, which states that “Students shall be able to explain the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory,” The new policy makes clear that the Read More ›
NOV. 12, 2004 – “In courts of law, material issues of fact are decided on the evidence, not motives,” says Seth Cooper, an expert on the legal aspects of teaching evolution. “But the ACLU continues to insist on making this Cobb Co. disclaimer case about motives. Why don’t they deal with the evidence?” The disclaimer case is a lawsuit brought Read More ›
Discovery Institute’s opposition to the Dover School District policy on intelligent design has been highlighted in an Associated Press story by reporter Martha Raffaele: “…the Seattle-based Discovery Institute, which supports scientists studying intelligent-design theory, opposes mandating it in schools because it is a relatively new concept, said John West, associate director of the institute’s Center for Science and Culture. “We’re Read More ›
NOV. 11, 2004 – “Either this attorney threw the case on purpose,” says legal analyst Seth Cooper, an expert on the legal aspects of teaching evolution, “or he simply doesn’t know what he was doing. This was a textbook case. Literally. And he blew it.” The defense mounted this week by the Cobb Co. School District’s attorney Linwood Gunn is Read More ›
NOV. 9, 2004 – The actions of the Cobb Co. School District’s attorney Linwood Gunn are being publicly questioned by legal experts wondering why he is not mounting a more aggressive defense of his client. “The ACLU called a noted scientist to the stand during the first day of the trial, and the School District’s attorneys have decided not to Read More ›
To most Germans, Hitler never appeared to be an evildoer, and thus subsequent attempts to portray him as a fanatical madman betray a misunderstanding of the epoch in which he ruled, Weikart argues. Instead, Hitler was very much a man of his age. The moral justifications for the evil he unleashed were developed long before he rose to power. Weikart Read More ›
ATLANTA, NOV. 8 — The courts should not prevent educators from encouraging students to approach the study of evolution with an open mind according to over 30 scientists, including 25 from Georgia, who have submitted a legal brief to the US District Court in the Northern District of Georgia. The court begins hearing testimony today in a lawsuit brought by the Read More ›
