Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site cadovax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cadovax!keithd From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: Creationists want evolution taught? Message-ID: <321@cadovax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 14:30:30 EST Article-I.D.: cadovax.321 Posted: Tue Dec 4 14:30:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:17:58 EST References: <1451@ihuxl.UUCP> Organization: Contel Cado, Torrance, CA Lines: 22 [] >The actual result of creationist pressure on educators is the removal >or playing down of evolution in school textbooks. >To misquote Sagan, this is an observable fact. >What creationists claim is their goal, and what they are actually >accomplishing are two different things. ...... > Phil Polli This is because some textbook publishers, rather that produce seperate versions of textbooks for each state which may have different laws, choose to take the easy way out and include NEITHER evolution OR creation, thus depriving students of any explanation at all. I suppose some creationist see this as a victory, as parents can then teach their kids about this at home, and the kids then are not subjected to conflicting or confusing information at school. Keith Doyle {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd "You'll PAY to know what you REALLY think!"