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Friday, January 14, 2005
Evolution no longer a theory in Georgia
Religious zealots who had affixed stickers on a Georgia county's textbooks claiming evolution is merely a theory, not a fact saw defeat in court today. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Kristina Torres and Bill Rankin report [free subscription reqd.]:
A federal judge ordered the immediate removal of evolution disclaimers from Cobb County textbooks Thursday because they convey an unconstitutional endorsement of religion.Chalk this one up as a win for the 20th century.
U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper said the stickers, which call evolution "a theory, not a fact," violate both the U.S. and Georgia constitutions.
Affixed to textbooks in 2002, the disclaimers send "a message that the school board agrees with the beliefs of Christian fundamentalists and creationists," Cooper said.
The stickers might be small in size compared with the numerous pages of material on evolution in Cobb textbooks, he said, but "the message has an overwhelming presence."
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