Kansas boards evolution hearings spark debate on intelligent design
Kansas lawmakers and scientists clash as hearings probe evolution teaching amid a history of shifting standards. Witnesses from Cornell and Kansas University defend mainstream science while intelligent design advocates press for broader critique. attendees fill a half-empty auditorium as the debate recalls the Scopes trial.
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Kansas University researchers and science groups staffed a Memorial Hall information table to counter anti evolution witnesses testifying before the State Board of Education subcommittee. KU figures including Joseph Heppert Robert Hagen and Matthew Buechner voiced concerns about creationist motives and state policy.
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