NASHVILLE, Tennessee – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam said Tuesday a new law to protect teachers who allow students to criticize evolution and other scientific theories will go into effect without his signature, because "good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion."
The Republican governor declined to veto the bill, because he doesn't believe the legislation changes scientific standards currently taught in Tennessee schools, nor does it accomplish anything that isn't already acceptable in schools. It takes effect April 20.
"The bill received strong bipartisan support, passing the House and Senate by a three-to-one margin, but good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion," Haslam said in a statement. "My concern is that this bill has not met this objective."
Haslam previously said he would probably sign the bill. Last week, he was handed a petition with more than 3,000 signatures urging him to veto the legislation, which encourages critical thinking by protecting teachers from discipline if they help students critique "scientific weaknesses."
Scientists in Tennessee and the American Association for the Advancement of Science say evolution is established science that shouldn't be taught as a controversy.
Hedy Weinberg, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, said she respects the governor for not signing the bill, but said there's no question it "undermines science education in Tennessee public schools."
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This law turns the clock back nearly 100 years here in the seemingly unprogressive South and is simply embarrassing. There is no argument against the Theory of Evolution other than that of religious doctrine. The Monkey Law only opens the door for fanatic Christianity to creep its way back into our classrooms. You can see my visual response as a Tennessean to this absurd law on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/04/pulpit-in-classroom-biblical-agenda-in.html with some evolutionary art and a little bit of simple logic.
To those who say that biological evolution is only a theory I respond that the same is true of the theory of Gravity. If it's "only" a theory why not jump out of an airplane without a parachute. Surely God will float you down.
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