Re: paleonet Moral Values Means Anti-Science

[Sally Walker <swalker@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lisa Park wrote:

> Dear Paleonetters and all people interested in Science---
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> On Tuesday, George Bush was re-elected President of the United States.  
> Whether or not you supported him is inconsequential.  What will have 
> extreme consequences to those interested in paleontology and the study 
> of evolution is WHY he got elected.  Despite an unpopular war in Iraq 
> and an underperforming economy, millions of people turned out at the 
> polls to vote for Mr. Bush.  The reason they cited was “moral values.”  
> Most pundits define this as meaning anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, 
> but it runs a little deeper than that.  It is also anti-science, and for 
> us, anti-evolution.  With 4 Supreme Court Justice nominations looming in 
> the next 4 years, Mr. Bush could appoint very extreme right-wing 
> justices who could effectively put prayer in school, the Ten 
> Commandments in public places and Creationism in the classroom.
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> The time is now for all of us to come together and realize what is 
> happening.  One THIRD of Americans are evangelical Christians.  They 
> interpret the Bible literally, which means that they do not believe 
> Earth is 4.6 billion years old, but do believe that the Flood caused the 
> Grand Canyon.  What was once thought of as a “fringe” element in 
> American society has become the majority and, as witnessed on Tuesday, 
> they VOTE.
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> The question is…..what are we going to do?  To borrow from two recent 
> campaign ads: there ARE wolves lurking in the forest…are we going to 
> bury our heads in the sand?
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> Sincerely,
> Lisa Park
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> Dr. Lisa E. Park, Associate Professor
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> Department of Geology
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> Crouse Hall
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> 252 Buchtel Commons
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> University of Akron
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> Akron, OH 44325-4101  USA
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> 001-330-972-7633 (phone)
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> 001-330-972-7611 (fax)
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> lepark@uakron.edu
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> Damnant quod non intelligunt
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> (they condemn what they do not understand)
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