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Posted: Mon 7:29 PM, Feb 04, 2013
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Colo. bill promoting debates on evolution fails

DENVER (AP) -- A Republican proposal urging Colorado public schools and colleges to support debates on evolution and global warming failed to advance in the Legislature.

The proposal sought to create a friendly environment for debates on what the bill sponsor called controversial science issues, such as evolution. Democrats voted down the proposal Monday in the House Education Committee.

The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education opposed the bill, saying it would "muddy the waters" of science education.

Republican Rep. Stephen Humphrey says his goal was to open scientific debate, not dictate discussion on religious teachings.

The bill would have urged schools to support discussions relating to evolution, global warming and other topics. Schools and colleges would not have been monitored for enforcement.

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  • by Scott on Feb 4, 2013 at 09:38 PM
    The classroom is not the place to debate things like this. Students need to be taught what the facts are, as currently understood, and how to use the scientific method. Creationists can't do the science, so they try to sneak it in the back door using bills like this.