A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Louisiana Science Education Act, a bill blatantly constructed to set the precedent for an anti-scientific, religious curriculum to be taught in public schools.  The bill, furthermore, is allegedly tied to The Discovery Institute, an anti-evolution organization famous for losing the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case, in which it was ruled that the teaching of Intelligent Design was in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  They are also known for their well-publicized Wedge Strategy, a manifesto stating its purpose as to “reverse the stifling materialist world view and replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions” as well as “affirm the reality of God.”

Well, in a sad, but predictable turn of events, the bill has since been enacted by governor Bobby Jindal.

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The bill has been opposed by every scientific society that has voiced a position on it, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS CEO Alan Leshner warned that the bill would “unleash an assault against scientific integrity, leaving students confused about science and unprepared to excel in a modern workforce.”

Jindal, who was a biology major during his time at Brown University, even received a veto plea from his former genetics professor. “Without evolution, modern biology, including medicine and biotechnology, wouldn’t make sense,” Professor Arthur Landy wrote. “I hope he [Jindal] doesn’t do anything that would hold back the next generation of Louisiana’s doctors.”

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