Mike Hendricks of the Kansas City Star asks:
. . . why should anybody give the [Kansas state] school board races any thought this year?
Simple, said Jack Krebs, [former] president of Kansas Citizens for Science.
"Because the conservatives have led us astray two times when we haven't been paying attention," he told me.
Yes, that's the lesson Kansans keep forgetting. It's off years like this one that make possible all those embarrassing headlines later on.
It's in these off years when candidates aligned with the religious right tend to win in the Republican primary because the moderates are napping.
Simple, said Jack Krebs, [former] president of Kansas Citizens for Science.
"Because the conservatives have led us astray two times when we haven't been paying attention," he told me.
Yes, that's the lesson Kansans keep forgetting. It's off years like this one that make possible all those embarrassing headlines later on.
It's in these off years when candidates aligned with the religious right tend to win in the Republican primary because the moderates are napping.
This graphic sums it up:
1999: EvoWars I - evolution, history of the earth, history of the universe taken out of the state standards
2000: Voters replace most creationists on the state board with moderates.
2001: Good science standards adopted.
2002: Voter apathy. Two creationists elected to state board.
2004: Voter apathy. One more creationist elected to state board. Creationists now in majority.
2005: EvoWars II - ID-friendly standards adopted
2006: Voters replace most creationists on the state board with moderates.
2007: Good science standards adopted.
Why don't we break the cycle this year? Let's change it to . . .
. . . and stop relying on a snooze alarm. The time to wake up and vote for REAL science is NOW.
posted by Cheryl Shepherd-Adams
