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Two steps forward, one step back (update)
Feb. 20th, 2012 05:29 pmFirst, the good news: creationist-friendly "education" bills have been tabled in both Indiana and New Hampshire, at least as far as the current legislative sessions are concerned.
The bad news: a bill proposed by Blaine Galliher (R-30th House District) in Alabama seems intended to sneak "religious instruction" (read: exactly what you think it is) into the curriculum statewide by means of awarding elective academic credit to "released time" extracurricular activities. Galliher himself admits what he's trying to accomplish with this bill and is hardly shy about it.
(Update: although NH House Bills 1148 and 1457 were dismissed by the House Education Committee, both still face a vote by the full House. The Concord Monitor has weighed in on the subject in an editorial attacking both bills [direct link here] prior to that vote.)
(Also in Lurker)
The bad news: a bill proposed by Blaine Galliher (R-30th House District) in Alabama seems intended to sneak "religious instruction" (read: exactly what you think it is) into the curriculum statewide by means of awarding elective academic credit to "released time" extracurricular activities. Galliher himself admits what he's trying to accomplish with this bill and is hardly shy about it.
(Update: although NH House Bills 1148 and 1457 were dismissed by the House Education Committee, both still face a vote by the full House. The Concord Monitor has weighed in on the subject in an editorial attacking both bills [direct link here] prior to that vote.)
(Also in Lurker)
