Discrimination against gays. Critics of a bill to outlaw discrimination against gays and lesbians turned the tables on advocates by attacking the measure as discriminatory against the religious beliefs of those who oppose homosexuality.
These religious bigots can discriminate all they want, they just shouldn't be able to use the state to do so.
Feb 22, 2005
www.aaas.org
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The voice of science is being stifled in the Bush administration, with fewer scientists heard in policy discussions and money for research and advanced training being cut, according to panelists at a national science meeting.
Speakers at the national meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science expressed concern Sunday that some scientists in key federal agencies are being ignored or even pressured to change study conclusions that don't support policy positions.
No surprise here.
There is some interesting information about ID on there web site.
Speakers at the national meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science expressed concern Sunday that some scientists in key federal agencies are being ignored or even pressured to change study conclusions that don't support policy positions.
No surprise here.
There is some interesting information about ID on there web site.
I tell my kids ghosts, monsters etc. don't exist
ROME, Italy (AP) -- Two members of a heavy metal group called the "Beasts of Satan" who confessed to taking part in three ritual Satanic slayings were sentenced to prison Tuesday, and a third defendant was acquitted, Italian media reported......
.... growing concern in Italy that young people are turning to Satanism and the occult. On Thursday, a Vatican-linked university opened a two-month course on diabolical possession and exorcism.
This last bit about possession and exorcism slays me.
These are the same type of people who believe in witches and other such nonsense.
These are the same type of people who burn Harry Potter books.
There may be monsters (evil people)in this world but they are not supernatural.
.... growing concern in Italy that young people are turning to Satanism and the occult. On Thursday, a Vatican-linked university opened a two-month course on diabolical possession and exorcism.
This last bit about possession and exorcism slays me.
These are the same type of people who believe in witches and other such nonsense.
These are the same type of people who burn Harry Potter books.
There may be monsters (evil people)in this world but they are not supernatural.
Hate crime bill tossed by House
HELENA — The state House of Representatives killed a bill on Monday that would have allowed judges and juries to mete out stiffer penalties to people convicted of hate crimes against gays, the disabled and other minorities.
House Bill 240, sponsored by Rep. Tom Facey, D-Missoula, failed on a 46-54 vote. Four Democrats voted against the bill, while one Republican, Rep. Mark Noennig of Billings, voted for it.
House Bill 240, sponsored by Rep. Tom Facey, D-Missoula, failed on a 46-54 vote. Four Democrats voted against the bill, while one Republican, Rep. Mark Noennig of Billings, voted for it.
Feb 18, 2005
Darby still suffering from ID fiasco
Faithful board faces lawsuitby Josh Mahan
Just when you thought things couldn’t get stickier down in Darby, they did.
Many observers expected a lawsuit from parents in the district, who are concerned about the adoption of anti-evolutionary theory. But the first party to file suit, on Friday, was the local newspaper Ravalli Republic, over a series of closed meetings.
“We were concerned that the public’s right to know was being violated and we had to take action to stop that,” Republic editor Wayne Adair said.
The meetings stem from a superintendent search that went awry when the same three members of the school board who are pushing for Intelligent Design also became interested in recruiting a superintendent candidate with faith, though the board had already offered the job to someone else.
Current superintendent, 13-year Darby veteran Jack Eggensperger, is leaving because he has “a different philosophy” on Intelligent Design than the board.
“I felt we clearly had the best candidate in the state of Montana, Gerald Pease,” board member Mary Lovejoy said. “We voted 4–1 to offer him the job. He accepted, and days later three members of the board moved to rescind the offer. They wanted to interview Clair Garrick. Throughout his portfolio is a sense of strong spirituality.”
During the course of interviewing three candidates, the board closed parts of those meetings to executive session. One meeting was closed when the board directed the Montana School Board Association’s Bob Vogel to rescind the offer to Pease. According to Lovejoy, no official motion was made, either.
Lovejoy feels that rescinding the offer to Pease, which allegedly occurred without proper process, was unethical, let alone the closing of that decision to public scrutiny.
“I want to choose the path of least resistance and open up the minutes from those meetings,” Lovejoy said. “I believe the public has a right to know. We work for the taxpayers. Keeping secrets is not an option.”
Ironically, faith-based candidate Garrick was passed over for claiming he had a Ph.D. when he didn’t, and the search for a superintendent has been reopened.
Darby’s Intelligent Design proposal has yet to pass a second reading, and the make-up of the board may be different by the time it does. Elections are May 4.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get stickier down in Darby, they did.
Many observers expected a lawsuit from parents in the district, who are concerned about the adoption of anti-evolutionary theory. But the first party to file suit, on Friday, was the local newspaper Ravalli Republic, over a series of closed meetings.
“We were concerned that the public’s right to know was being violated and we had to take action to stop that,” Republic editor Wayne Adair said.
The meetings stem from a superintendent search that went awry when the same three members of the school board who are pushing for Intelligent Design also became interested in recruiting a superintendent candidate with faith, though the board had already offered the job to someone else.
Current superintendent, 13-year Darby veteran Jack Eggensperger, is leaving because he has “a different philosophy” on Intelligent Design than the board.
“I felt we clearly had the best candidate in the state of Montana, Gerald Pease,” board member Mary Lovejoy said. “We voted 4–1 to offer him the job. He accepted, and days later three members of the board moved to rescind the offer. They wanted to interview Clair Garrick. Throughout his portfolio is a sense of strong spirituality.”
During the course of interviewing three candidates, the board closed parts of those meetings to executive session. One meeting was closed when the board directed the Montana School Board Association’s Bob Vogel to rescind the offer to Pease. According to Lovejoy, no official motion was made, either.
Lovejoy feels that rescinding the offer to Pease, which allegedly occurred without proper process, was unethical, let alone the closing of that decision to public scrutiny.
“I want to choose the path of least resistance and open up the minutes from those meetings,” Lovejoy said. “I believe the public has a right to know. We work for the taxpayers. Keeping secrets is not an option.”
Ironically, faith-based candidate Garrick was passed over for claiming he had a Ph.D. when he didn’t, and the search for a superintendent has been reopened.
Darby’s Intelligent Design proposal has yet to pass a second reading, and the make-up of the board may be different by the time it does. Elections are May 4.
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