An Evolving Debate

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The controversy over evolution includes a growing number of scientists who challenge Darwinism. Should schoolchildren learn that fact? Darwinists say no, but Kansas officials may say otherwise by Timothy Lamer

TOPEKA, Kan. – The auditorium at Memorial Hall here looks like it came straight out of one of the older, small high schools that dot the Kansas landscape. At any moment, it seems, teenagers could come out onto the elevated stage and begin performing Grease for a theater production or singing "The Greatest Love of All" for a talent show.
But Memorial Hall isn't a high school and half the scientists invited to perform refused to participate. On May 5, 6, and 7 the Kansas State Board of Education had three days of testimony about whether schools, along with teaching evolution, should also inform students of the scientific evidence against Darwinism; in other words, whether schools should "teach the debate." Darwinians boycotted the hearings, insisting that there is no debate.
That conclusion was not shared by the 23 witnesses at the hearings.
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