UC Berkeley is going to court over Evolution website
By PZ MYERS, PHARYNGULA
Added: Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 UTC
Reposted from:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/madness_this_is_america.php
UC Berkeley is going to court this week over their Understanding Evolution web site (that's an excellent resource, by the way, especially if you're just trying to get up to speed on the science). At issue is the fact that the site dares to point out that some religions contradict the evidence, and other religions try to avoid conflict with science; that is interpreted to be a sectarian endorsement of certain religions over others. This is where separation of church and state becomes insane: when you are not allowed to point out obvious idiocies because they are protected religious beliefs. Here's the offending section: I think it's pretty namby-pamby and bends over backwards to give deference to superstitious nonsense, but some people are apparently irate over a simple, accurate truth statement: "some religious beliefs explicitly contradict science". They do, but a university isn't allowed to say so?
UPDATE: For those of you in the Seattle area, PZ has an upcoming event on June 2nd:
http://richarddawkins.net/event,241,Pacific-Science-Center-Laser-Dome
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