Get the Prozac doses ready for the Left!
An amendment to the Colorado Constitution that defines a “person” as “any human being from the moment of fertilization” will go before state voters in the Nov. 4 general election.
Amendment 48, entitled “Definition of a Person,” was approved for a statewide vote on Thursday by Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman, whose office validated 103,000 signatures on petitions for the ballot initiative — 27,000 more than required.
The petition drive — which actually collected 130,050 signatures — originated with 20-year-old Kristi Burton, who said in a news release that she developed a deep passion for the pro-life movement at 13 years of age.
“All humans should be protected by love and by law, and this amendment is a historic effort to ensure equal rights for every person,” Burton noted in her statement.
How soon till groups like the ACLU and NARAL, among others, file lawsuits to stop the process, thwarting the Rights of the People of Colorado to vote on Amendment 48? Petitions will be created, Burton will personally be attacked – probably as some sort of fundie who believes that the world is flat – and liberals will become hysterical over their most important commandment for the Church of Liberalism.
Then we have
A documentary released earlier this year may be partly responsible for “academic freedom bills” now advancing at the state level. Those bills are intended to strengthen the free speech rights of those who seek to examine the full range of views on evolutionary theory.
The film “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” suggests that biologists, chemists, and astronomers have been censored, denied tenure, and even fired in some cases after raising questions about Charles Darwin’s 150-year-old theory that life results from random mutations and natural selection.
The film has prompted some states to consider legislation that would insulate teachers and students who believe there is evidence of “design” in nature, Walt Ruloff, a co-producer for the film, told Cybercast News Service. (snip)
So far this year, legislation has been introduced in Florida, Missouri, South Carolina, Alabama and Michigan as well as in Louisiana.
I’m not going to get in to the whole Darwinism vs. ID debate, but, don’t you think that, if we are talking about, as those on the left in education say, having an “open mind,” that ID could be taught if a teacher wants to without fearing retribution from unhinged Darwinists? Heck, as it stands, if they even mention it, they could be facing lawsuits? Generally, the Darwinists seem to be to scared to allow an opposing viewpoint. I wonder why?
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