Ohio Board of Education considering permitting opposing viewpoints
July 20, 2006 by Conservative Culture
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CNS News is reporting that the Ohio Board of Education that would permit students to
discuss and be able to apply this in the following areas: global warming; evolutionary theory; emerging technologies and how they may impact society, e.g. cloning or stem-cell research.
Of course, the liberal left is up in arms, protesting that open discussion of opposing viewpoints is unconstitutional.
After all, we have freedom of speech in the country, but liberals are the only ones allowed to exercise it, right?
Tristan
on Fri, 21st Jul 2006 9:57 am
So I take it you don’t have a problem with Kevin Barrett, the University of Wisconsin-Madison instructor who discusses differing views of what happened on 9/11. “open discussion of opposing viewpoints.” Right?
Daniel J. Mount
on Fri, 21st Jul 2006 3:40 pm
Ideally, we would live in a perfect society where only the truth could be expressed. Today, however our Constitution gives us the freedom to present lies and falsehoods like the liberal views on 9/11 and on evolution. The conservative argument is that freedom of speech is just as applicable to presenting the truth.
Tim Stanley
on Fri, 11th Aug 2006 9:02 am
No, sir, what is uncontitutional is promoting religion as science in public schools. Science is about “how”, not “why”. Please stop limiting God to your ability to understand Him. That ignorance could damage American religious liberty.
Conservative Culture
on Fri, 11th Aug 2006 8:36 pm
No sir. Understanding that one’s premise alters how we look at the scientific evidence is crucial. Science was founded on the premise that the universe had a creator and therefore the universe would be predictable and have set laws. What is wrong is to not permit the concept that produced the science we now benefit from. It is also of scientific interest on how pure chance and chaos would have produced a complete system of order. Don’t you also think it is curious or does the concept scare you.
Daniel J. Mount
on Mon, 14th Aug 2006 5:42 am
Tim, nothing in the Constitution prohibits presenting religious principles in schools. (Creation is basic science, not a religious principle, but that’s not the point being duscussed.) At the time the Constitution was created, this was done in schools, and it was done until a runaway Supreme Court hijacked jurisprudence in the 60s and 70s.
What is truly unconstitutional is when “scientists,” who of all people should be open to considering opposing viewpoints, attempt to limit their opponents’ freedom of speech by judicial fiat.