In yesterday's election, the
entire Dover School Board was voted out of office. Four of the new board members were Republicans running as Democrats; the incumbents were all Republicans. Four of the new board members are part of an organization called Dover CARES, which supports the teaching of intelligent design in a context such as an elective comparative religions course but not in the science classroom. The new board will take office on December 5 and have indicated that they will not change policy for a month, which presumably will be after the judge makes a decision in the lawsuit. This will likely mean that the decision (which I fully expect to go against the Dover school board) will not be appealed. More at the
Panda's Thumb,
Questionable Authority,
Pharyngula, and
Dispatches from the Culture Wars.
Update: Pat Robertson
warns the people of Dover that now that they've forsaken God, God will not be there to help them in time of need:
I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover. If there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city. And don’t wonder why He hasn’t helped you when problems begin, if they begin. I’m not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just voted God out of your city. And if that’s the case, don’t ask for His help because he might not be there.
Nothing like argumentum ad baculum...
1 comment:
With Christians like these, who needs atheists. I think Robertson needs to design his comments more intelligently.
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