Since this piece of lawsuit news via Why Evolution is True involves a god-obsessed Louisiana schoolteacher who is, sadly, a woman, I’m tempted to categorize this also under the global war against women, but I’d have to explain why, and I’m stunned into (sort of) silence by this:<\/p>\n
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of\u00a0Louisiana on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against Negreet High School in Sabine Parish on behalf of two parents, Scott and Sharon Lane, and their son, \u201cC.C.\u201d The lawsuit claims the school has \u201ca longstanding custom, policy, and practice of promoting and inculcating Christian beliefs,\u201d including the teaching of creationism.<\/em><\/p>\n Sixth-grade teacher Rita Roark has told her students that the universe was created by God about 6,000 years ago, and taught that both the Big Bang theory and evolution are false, according to the lawsuit. She told her students that \u201cif evolution was real, it would still be happening: Apes would be turning into humans today.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n One test she gave to students asked: \u201cISN\u2019T IT AMAZING WHAT THE _____________ HAS MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\u201d The correct answer was \u201cLord,\u201d but C.C. wrote in something else. Roark responded by scolding the boy in front of the entire class.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n When informed that C.C. was a Buddhist and therefore didn\u2019t believe in God, Roark allegedly responded, \u201cyou\u2019re stupid if you don\u2019t believe in God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Dear Rita Roark: I am stupid.<\/p>\n Here’s the full clip: Louisiana judge rules against creationist teacher \u00ab Why Evolution Is True<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since this piece of lawsuit news via Why Evolution is True involves a god-obsessed Louisiana schoolteacher who is, sadly, a woman, I’m tempted to categorize this also under the global war against women, but I’d have to explain why, and … Continue reading