The State Board of Education, which has a noisy contingent of Factually-Challenged types (aka, Willfully Ignorant “Christians”), have taken a step forward on future Science books for Texas high schools. For over 30 years the creationists have demanded unnecessary skeptical language regarding the Theory of Evolution. About a decade ago they tried to pull one over by demanding students to “look at all sides” of this so-called debate (there isn’t one). If there’s not Darwin’s pretty accurate Evolution, what else then? Obviously the nonsense of the world/universe only being 6000 years old and dinosaurs hung out with people. The weasel-based language also opens up the argument involving the Flying Spaghetti Monster but we know Creationists lose their shit when prove FMS is as viable as the book of Genesis.
Personally, I think the only way to convince Republicans to choose reality is by pointing out the economic consequences of giving into their bat-shit base. Texas would be overlooked bio-tech given its high school graduates being morons in Biology. It’s happening via the Texas House with our version of the Bathroom Bill. House Speaker Joe Strauss thinks such a law is pointless, however, he represents a part of San Antonio which will be hosting next year’s NCAA tournament stuff.
I’m going to enjoy this little victory for Science. Now the fight will continue in Social Studies as these same idiots try to canonize Reagan and Phyllis Schlafly and that chattel slavery in the Deep South “wasn’t all so bad.”