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Scientists at conference speak out on evoluation
ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Scientists at a large gathering in St. Louis didn't just defend evolution ? they rallied in support of it.
Many at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's largest gathering of scientists, spoke out over the weekend against what they called religious pressure in public schools. And they enlisted the help of about 300 teachers from across the Midwest who attended the conference to discuss the national debate over evolution.
"We are not rolling over on this," Alan Leshner, chief executive of AAAS and executive publisher of the journal Science, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's too important to the nation and to the nation's children."
Some teachers told of parents who insist they abandon high school biology texts in favor of biblical creationism or intelligent design ? the theory that life is so complex that it must be the work of a supernatural designer. They told of school board pressure in the science classroom.
On Sunday morning, scientists announced the formation of the Alliance for Science, a new organization of scientists, scientific groups and supporters. The goal is to fight what they see as an assault on science from religious conservatives.
Scientists at conference speak out on evoluation
ST. LOUIS (AP) ? Scientists at a large gathering in St. Louis didn't just defend evolution ? they rallied in support of it.
Many at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation's largest gathering of scientists, spoke out over the weekend against what they called religious pressure in public schools. And they enlisted the help of about 300 teachers from across the Midwest who attended the conference to discuss the national debate over evolution.
"We are not rolling over on this," Alan Leshner, chief executive of AAAS and executive publisher of the journal Science, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's too important to the nation and to the nation's children."
Some teachers told of parents who insist they abandon high school biology texts in favor of biblical creationism or intelligent design ? the theory that life is so complex that it must be the work of a supernatural designer. They told of school board pressure in the science classroom.
On Sunday morning, scientists announced the formation of the Alliance for Science, a new organization of scientists, scientific groups and supporters. The goal is to fight what they see as an assault on science from religious conservatives.
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