Columnist Charles Haynes discusses the newest efforts to insert religious viewpoints into science curricula.
Consider Kentucky, where the Legislature is considering a bill that would encourage “open and objective discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of scientific theories being studied.” That means, according to the bill, critiquing the science supporting “evolution, the origins of life, global warming and human cloning.”
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The language of the Kentucky bill may be confusing (what can it possibly mean for any scientific theory to have “disadvantages”?), but the intent is clear: Teach students to be skeptical of what the vast majority of scientists tell us about evolution, climate change and other science topics studied in school.
The Kentucky bill is HB 397, currently in the House Education Committee. As Haynes notes, similar bills have passed in Louisiana and Texas.
