Ohio goes for the stupid. (Ian, wtf? :lay:)

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Borrowed from athiestforums.com:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/day ... 19896.html

Two Springboro school board members are one vote short of having the support on the five-member board to push for “creationism” in classrooms there, which would likely ignite a wider debate on teaching religion in public schools and maybe set up a court fight.

The Ohio Department of Education sets curriculum standards and guidelines, but leaves many decisions about instruction up to local school boards. Courts have been clear on the issue of religion in public schools for decades.

“There is a segment of the population where those ideas are popular,” said Mike Brickner, spokesman for the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. “The courts have held every time, you can’t teach creationism in school.”

Kelly Kohls, who was elected in Springboro on a platform of fiscal responsibility two years ago, requested last week the district’s curriculum director look into ways of providing “supplemental” instruction dealing with creationism. Fellow member, Scott Anderson, who was elected with Kohls when the district was struggling financially, supports his colleague’s idea.

“Creationism is a significant part of the history of this country,” Kohls said. “It is an absolutely valid theory and to omit it means we are omitting part of the history of this country.”

The current standoff in Congress over the debt ceiling has elevated the profile of the Tea Party, which emphasizes fiscal conservatism, smaller government and free markets. But socially conservative issues, such as limiting abortion and gun control and pushing for religion in public schools, are also being advocated by those with strong Tea Party credentials.

Kohls is the head of the Warren County Tea Party. Although she said her desire to teach creationism is not directly related to the emerging political movement, it’s not inconsistent with Tea Party ideals.

“My input on creationism has everything with me being a parent and not a member of the Tea Party,” she said. “We are motivated people who want to change the course of this country. Eliminating God from our public lives I think is a mistake and is why we have gone in the direction of spending beyond our means.”

Fellow Tea Party supporters, such as the author of Senate Bill 5, state Sen. Shannon Jones of Clearcreek Twp.; Gov. John Kasich and GOP presidential contender Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota have supported other controversial and socially conservative legislation. Earlier this month Kasich signed into law a bill banning abortions when a doctor determines a fetus can live outside the womb, part of a flurry of anti-abortion bills introduced this year.

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Be sure to read the bolded part.

[Ian]

If I'm reading this correctly, the above school board DIDN'T go for the stupid. The stupids are voted down 3-2.

I'm from Connecticut, btw. I lived in Ohio for a few years while I went to OSU.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If I'm reading this correctly, the above school board DIDN'T go for the stupid. The stupids are voted down 3-2.

I'm from Connecticut, btw. I lived in Ohio for a few years while I went to OSU.

You're still the biggest Buckupeye I communicate with.