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TELL PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OPPOSE INTELLIGENT DESIGN!
On Monday, August 1, in response to a query from a Texas reporter, President Bush said that he believed that both evolution and Intelligent Design should be taught in the schools "so people can understand what the debate is about."
During the 2000 campaign, Bush said several times that local school boards should decide about teaching evolution and alternatives; he also indicated support for teaching creationism.
Intelligent Design (ID) seeks to contradict scientific theories, advocating religious beliefs over scientific research. Its origins and the goals of its advocates are theological. However, some advocates of ID have introduced claims that can be falsified, and have been, as in Ken Miller's criticism of Michael Behe.
TAKE ACTION NOW and tell the President why Intelligent Design has no place in a science curriculum!
Intelligent Design is a fundamentally religious assumption unsupported by evidence and has no place in the science classroom. We must counter the proponents of ID who wish to introduce their ideas by appealing to arguments for "equal time," falsely implying that Intelligent Design is as scientifically valid as evolution.
In response to this threat to scientific literacy, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP) and the Center for Inquiry will be increasing its efforts to defend evolution and science education and are forming a task force for this purpose called "Activists for Science." We will work to develop a network of pro-science advocates across the country who champion the integrity of science on the local and regional level. We will feature regular articles on the matter in Skeptical Inquirer and issue activism alerts such as this one. We will continue to sponsor lectures and events to educate the public about evolution and the Intelligent Design movement. The Inquiring Minds program will be working with educators to develop effective supplemental material on the Evolution / Creationism issue. We have recently launched the CreationWatch web page to monitor the issue. It features articles and resources, curricular material, and headlines from around the world on creationism, intelligent design, and evolution.
JOIN US in defending science education!
By following the directions included in this e-mail, you can send a message to President George W. Bush. A strong show of support for scientific standards will send a resounding message to the President and the public that our children's education should not be compromised by the teaching of Intelligent Design!
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