Science
(search for "evolution"
and "biological
evolution")
News & Media Coverage
11/99 : Evolution
of a Controversy - "Almost 75 years
after the Scopes trial, a new species of the old
Darwin vs. creation debate has come to life in a
suburban Seattle community"
The
Creationism Atlas of Washington State
- an interactive map! - "The
Creationism Movement In Washington State:
Unbeknownst to most citizens, Washington
State has been experiencing a flurry of
grassroots creationist activism.
Incidents range from simple church and
private school lectures, to attempts to
sway schoolboards and pass legislation in
Olympia."
Skagit
County (extensive
coverage) "For 11
years, Roger DeHart has been
promoting the notion of
'intelligent design' in his
public school classroom. This led
to a community furor over whether
Mr. DeHart was teaching science
or religion."
"Roger
A. DeHartcalls himself a science
teacher, nothing more and nothing less. DeHart's
critics call him a creationist who for 12 years
has cleverly used euphemisms and pseudo-science
to illegally push the biblical version of human
origins on his public high-school biology classes
in northwest Washington state. (pushed Of
Pandas and People in class)"
"In support of DeHart, a new group called "S.P.E.C.E.S"
has formed. Informed sources in the area also
report that Roger DeHart has been receiving legal
help from the Rutherford
Institute, who has also been paying
his legal bills."
"Burlington Alliance Church
hosted a creationism video series produced by
"Back to Genesis" and hosted by Ken
Ham, a young-earth creationist in the fall of
1998. ...The last half of 1998 also witnessed a
series of fourteen creationist lectures delivered
by local resident Dr. Gary Johnson MD"
"The
Wedge Strategy"- a
recently-circulated position
paper of the CRSC
reveals an ambitious plan to
replace the current naturalistic
methodology of science with a
theistic alternative called
"intelligent design."