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Randy
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Posted - 11/06/2003 :  14:45:47  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message
http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/11/06/evolution.textbooks.ap/
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Hey, let's hear it for the untold numbers of good people that stood up for science education!

"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Randy
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Posted - 11/06/2003 :  15:02:32   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Randy a Private Message
From the Texas Freedom Network. Just saw this posted on the Austin Atheist Community list.....

***************************TFN Alert****************************

BREAKING NEWS -- SBOE APPROVES ALL 11 BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS!

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BREAKING NEWS -- SBOE APPROVES ALL 11 BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS!

On an 11-4 vote, the State Board of Education (SBOE) voted this morning to approve all 11 Biology textbooks up for adoption.

After several months of activism and outreach by mainstream Texans from across the state, 11 of the 15 members of the Board answered with a resounding voice that they want to keep strong science standards in Biology textbooks. Only far-right board members David Bradley, Don McLeroy, Terri Leo and Gail Lowe voted against approving the textbooks.

The vote gave preliminary approval to the textbooks with a final vote for approval expected tomorrow morning.

Thank you for your calls, letters, testimony, contributions and petition signatures. Your efforts truly made a difference!


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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."

"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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