I *think* something like this has been posted here before, but I can't
recall (this isn't my only evolution list). If so, here it is again:
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New Poll Results Show Vast Majority of Americans Support Teaching of Evolution
A recent poll commissioned by the People For the American Way Foundation
(PFAWF) reports
that 83% of Americans think that evolution should be taught in public
school science classes.
About 70% of Americans feel that the Bible and evolutionary go hand in
hand, a contrast with
the contention of biblical literalists who argue that the two are in
conflict. According to a March
10th PFAWF press release, "most Americans believe that God created
evolution." This poll
differs from previously conducted polls because it focuses solely on the
evolution/creationist
issue instead of including it in a broader list of topics. About 13% of
Americans think that
creationism should be taught in science class alongside evolution, and 16%
think that it should
be taught in place of evolution. Among those favoring evolution:
20% feel that creationism should not be mentioned,
17% feel that creationism could be mentioned in classes other than
science classes, and
29% feel that creationism could be discussed in science class, but
should be presented as a
belief instead of a science.
The poll shows that 60% of Americans reject the Kansas Board's 1999
decision to take evolution
off of its list of state science standards. The results of the poll also
showed that there is broad
agreement that creationist beliefs should be acknowledged, but not taught
as a science, and that
the presentation of evolution and creationism in the classroom should
follow national standards.
http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis106/evolution.html
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Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
http://www.telepath.com/susanb/
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