As
state legislatures reconvene for 2012, anti-evolution bills have started
cropping up. One such bill, in Indiana (S.B. 89), says that schools "may require
the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including
creation science." The sponsor, State Sen. Dennis Kruse, introduced the bill
twice before in the House without success; this time, he is chairman of the
Senate Education Committee. Two other anti-evolution bills have been pre-filed
in New Hampshire. H.B. 1148 would require "evolution to be taught in the public
schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists' political and
ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism." H.B. 1457
takes a different tack, requiring "teachers to instruct pupils that proper
scientific inquiry results from not committing to any one theory or hypothesis,
no matter how firmly it appears to be established."
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