My thanks to my old pal DarkSyde for writing up this post about the campaign between Tom Sawyer and Deborah Owens Fink for the Ohio State Board of Education. After the holiday weekend, I'll have more revelations about Owens Fink and the misguided policies she's pushed in Ohio.
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The NY Times is reporting that Ohio scientists are nearly unanimous in mobilizing for the school board election there—and they aren't on the side of creationists like Deborah
The New York Times reports that a group of 75 scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio has endorsed the candidacy of Tom Sawyer in his race
As has been mentioned elsewhere on ScienceBlogs, Ohio creationst Deborah Owens Fink is facing a challenge for her seat on Ohio's school board this coming November 7th.
November 7th is election day around the country, with many Senatorial and Congressional seats up for grabs. But in Ohio, there is also a crucial battle going on for seats on the state board of education.
This is a sad but true story all across the US and other countries like the UK and Australia. Richard Dawkins did a doctumentary about the religious war on science called 'the root of all evil'. You can see it on youtube.com. It is time to stop giving religion the respect it does NOT deserve by speaking out about all the uglies and harm it does to societies even in its most liberal forms.