Sanity Victorious in a Once Blue State

I remember having to ask the pricipal (sister Margaret Ann, or 'Fish Lips') for permission to discuss Evolution in the classroom. It seemed an absurd requirement at the time and perhaps Ohio has caught on:

Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Eliminated

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Disputed teaching material used by Ohio public school students that questions evolutionary theory is headed back to the state committee that wrote the first version.
The Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4 Tuesday to delete a science standard and correlating lesson plan that encourages students to seek evidence for and against evolution. Critics had called the material an opening to teach intelligent design, which holds that life is so complex it must have been created by a higher authority.

''It is deeply unfair to the children of this state to mislead them about science,'' said board member Martha Wise, who pushed to eliminate the material.

The 2002 science standards said students should be able to ''describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.'' The standards included a disclaimer that they do not require the teaching of intelligent design.

The board vote represents the latest setback for the intelligent design movement....."

Maybe things are looking up.