Thursday, January 11, 2007

The Fight Ain't Over Yet


The Seattle Post Intelligencer reports that die-hard creationists are fighting back - against the global warming environmental movement. The fight reached a Washington school district over the showing of Al Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth":

"After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a PowerPoint presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.

"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

"...Hardison and his wife, Gayla, said they would prefer that the movie not be shown at all in schools.

"'From what I've seen (of the movie) and what my husband has expressed to me, if (the movie) is going to take the approach of 'bad America, bad America,' I don't think it should be shown at all,' Gayle Hardison said. 'If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown.'"

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