08.02.06
Victory in Kansas
Last night’s primary elections in Kansas was an enormous victory for science. For the last two years, the Kansas State Board of Education has been controlled by anti-evolution, pro-ID members by a 6-4 majority. Last night, the people of Kansas reversed that and put pro-science candidates back in charge of the state’s public school system. The new board will likely reverse the “critical analysis” language voted in to the standards by the pro-ID board.
The ID movement spent an enormous amount of money in Kansas on behalf of pro-ID candidates, while our side spent very little, but science still came out the winner. The MCFS board sends our congratulations to Jack Krebs, Liz Craig and all the other good folks at Kansas Citizens for Science for their hard work and dedication that led to this victory. We’ve been following their lead from the start here at MCFS and we couldn’t be more thrilled with how things turned out.