05.01.08
New Bill Targets Evolution
Rep. John Moolenaar has submitted a bill to the House Education Committee that represents the latest tactical phase of the anti-evolution movement. That tactic is to smuggle in all the anti-evolution arguments made by advocates of Intelligent Design Creationism (IDC) under the guise of supporting “academic freedom.” Similar bills have been submitted in several other states and are being fought over, including Florida and Louisiana. The writing and submission of these bills is being orchestrated by the Discovery Institute, the primary IDC advocacy organization in the nation; we know this because they had announced the content of this bill two days before it was submitted to the education committee and made available on the state website. The bill is HB 6027. Michigan Citizens for Science will, as always, work to protect science education against all attempts to water down or weaken the content, no matter how well-disguised those attempts might be.