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 Forwarded here by Bob Moylan (1:275/429.5)
 From AANEWS #134 8/20/96
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                SCIENCE VIDEO IS YANKED BY COLORADO SCHOOL SUP'R
 
  In Colorado, a Jefferson County School Superintendent has removed a
highly-praised video from the curriculum, after a student complained.
"The Miracle of Life" was pulled by Superintendent Wayne Carle,
following the objection by a student who insisted that a section of
the video presented evolution as a fact -- something which, he
insists, contradicts his religious beliefs.
   The American Civil Liberties Union is on the case, and in a letter
to the Jefferson County School Board said that the rationale for
yanking "The Miracle of Life" was "deeply troubling."  ACLU Legal
Director Mark Silverstein asked: "Will the school board insist that
all discussion of gravity include the point that it is a theory and
not a fact?  Will the school board ensure that teachers refrain from
suggesting that the theory of electricity is a fact?"
 
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