Daily Kos: University of Kansas faculty has "had enough"

University of Kansas faculty has "had enough"
by terryamil [Subscribe]
Fri Nov 25, 2005 at 03:56:56 PM CST

The University of Kansas will be offering a course next spring through its religion department titled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies." Paul Mirecki, chairman of the school's religious studies department says, "The KU faculty has had enough." More below

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Specifically, the KU faculty has had enough of the ridiculous "science" standards put in place in the state by the current state Board of Education.

Earlier this month, the state Board of Education adopted new science standards that treat evolution as a flawed theory -- defying the view of national science groups.
Though local school boards still decide how science is taught in the classrooms, the vote was viewed as big win for proponents of intelligent design, which says that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.
John Calvert, an attorney and managing director of the Intelligent Design Network in Johnson County, said Mirecki will go down in history as one of the greatest laughingstocks of the century.

What planet has Calvert been living on?

Mirecki was untroubled. Limited to 120 students, his course would explore intelligent design as a modern American mythology. He said several faculty already have volunteered to be guest lecturers.
"Creationism is mythology," Mirecki said. 'Intelligent design is mythology. It's not science. They try to make it sound like science. It clearly is not."

Daily Kos: University of Kansas faculty has "had enough"