Texas Adopts Biology Texts, Evolution Included
A unanimous state board of education in Texas has endorsed the concept of teaching evolution by way of adopting 11 new biology textbooks, all of which cover the politically sensitive topic.
Though four of the 15 board members strongly objected to how nine of
the books portray the theory of evolution, they sided with the board's
majority in the final vote Nov. 7.
Advocates on both sides of the issue, from within and outside Texas, had lobbied...
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