06-01-2005, 06:08 PM
eppie,Jun 1 2005, 02:44 AM Wrote:[quote=Occhidiangela,May 31 2005, 11:03 PM]
Besides the minor fact that "the religious stuff" points to the heart of a fault line in American base cultural assumptions . . .
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I heard that there are several states in the US where it is not legal to teach evolution theory on schools.
As always I probably will be half wrong-half right.
Anyway, seems quite shocking to me. But what has the national government to say about this?
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Eppie: In our Constitution, the States delegate specific powers to the Federal government. All others are reserved to the states. Public education is not delegated, which allows some states a bit of sovereignty on that score, hence the Scopes Trial back in the 30's. (20's?)
Does that answer your question? US is not Europe, in a lot of ways.
Occhi
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete