The Florida Senate recently passed SB 2692 with a vote of 21-17. One Democrat voted for the bill, while five Republicans voted against it. SB 2692 is yet another proposed piece of legislation favoring teaching creationism and intelligent design as science (what I will call CIDS). A similar bill is in the Florida House, but a bill must pass both the House and Senate with identical language before it can go before Gov. Charlie Crist (I’m hoping it’s pronounced with a short ‘i’ and not a long ‘i’).
I’m not going to pretend that I understand Florida, because I don’t. However, I also would not have pegged the home of NASA as being a state in support of CIDS. I can only hope that the bills do not pass the Florida legislature. I could not agree more with Florida’s Senate Democratic Leader when he says, "In 2008, it is embarrassing for us to be debating evolution." When will this idiocy stop?
It is pronounced with a short ‘i’, though I have no idea how he will regard such a bill. It’s a sad commentary that these decisions have been moved to the state level after religious fanatics have tried and failed to use local school boards to enact similar measures…
5 Republicans to 1 democrat voted against this? hmmmmmm… but need I remind you when Brad and I went to florida we encountered several southerners who thought Chicago was is the state of Ohio and Indina. You See Stupidity breeds stupidity and I bet you those who voted yes on “CIDS” were raised being taught “CIDS”