Even though evolution has been a cornerstone of biology for more than 100 years, we Floridians are not buyin' it. On February 19th the state board of education will vote on new science standards that would require teaching evolution in our public schools.
Following is a sample of the hundreds of people (mostly from North Florida) who are up in arms about it and have shared their opinions online.
It (evolution) is only a theory. Teaching it as a proven concept goes against the beliefs of all Christians. I do not want my children corrupted even further in this so-called education system!
God made the world and everything in it. Evolution is untrue and I don't want my kids learning about it.
If man evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
What about Creationism?? This needs to be taught as well as students need to be informed that evolution is just a theory.
To be fair, there were a few in favor of the proposal. An example:
My son took Honors Biology in 9th grade last year and Evolution was never mentioned. This explains to me why I get students in college science classes who seem like they have no previous exposure to important basic science concepts such as Evolution.
As Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy and it is us."
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