Louisiana: Science Proud

Wanna barf?  Here is some news from Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer:  

In 2008, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed the “Louisiana Science Education Act” into law. This legislation was an attempt to allow creationism to be taught in schools. Jindal has essentially admitted as much.

Every time a bill is put forth to repeal this awful law, it fails. And last week, Louisiana politicians decided, once again, that their personal beliefs trump the United States Constitution.

Sen. Elbert Guillory, D-Opelousas, said he had reservations with repealing the act after a spiritual healer correctly diagnosed a specific medical ailment he had. He said he thought repealing the act could "lock the door on being able to view ideas from many places, concepts from many cultures."

“Yet if I closed my mind when I saw this man—in the dust, throwing some bones on the ground, semi-clothed—if I had closed him off and just said, ‘That's not science. I'm not going to see this doctor,’ I would have shut off a very good experience for myself,” Guillory said.

If you have not eaten yet today, read the rest at http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/05/05/louisiana_and_creationism_law_allowing_religion_to_be_taught_in_school_survives.html