Wednesday, February 15, 2006

• Ohio board of education votes 11-4 against language questioning evolution

  by Erin Curry Roach, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  "Who would have thought that simply questioning and analyzing a scientific theory would be banned in schools anywhere in America?"

  Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP)--The Ohio State Board of Education has voted 11-4 to discard portions of its 10th-grade biology curriculum guidelines that critics said opened the door for teaching Intelligent Design.

        The model lesson plan, called “Critical Analysis of Evolution,” requires that students learn “how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The guidelines did not mention Intelligent Design apart from a disclaimer, but critics said information for the lesson was derived from Intelligent Design and creationist literature, The Columbus Dispatch reported Feb. 15. Read More

• New Jersey Supreme Court hears 'gay marriage' case

  by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  TRENTON, N.J. (BP)--New Jersey's Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 15 in a "gay marriage" case that could result in the Garden State following Massachusetts' lead in redefining marriage. Read More

• IMB executive committee proposes revising Burleson action

  by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, Southern Baptist Texan, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)--Trustees of the nine-member International Mission Board executive committee will recommend at the March 20-21 meeting in Tampa that trustees reverse a Jan. 11 motion asking the Southern Baptist Convention to remove Wade Burleson of Enid, Okla., as a trustee. Read More

• Former gold medalist holds to faith amid personal trials

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  TURIN, Italy (BP)--Four years ago at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, U.S. speed skater Derek Parra seemed to be on top of the world. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Darwin draws celebration on ‘Evolution Sunday’; Black literature increasingly immoral, author says

  by Erin Curry Roach, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Under the banner of “Evolution Sunday,” several hundred churches nationwide marked the 197th birthday of Charles Darwin Feb. 12 by expressing their support for the theory that made him famous. Pastors, largely from mainline Protestant denominations, preached sermons on the importance of strictly teaching evolution without mention of Intelligent Design. Read More

• Idaho legislature sends marriage amendment to voters

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  BOISE, Idaho (BP)--Idaho's Senate Feb. 15 sent a state constitutional marriage amendment to voters, making it the fifth state to place such an amendment on the ballot for 2006. Read More

• Dembski, in Kansas, explains cells as Intelligent Design ‘icon’

  by Cory Miller, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  LAWRENCE, Kan. (BP)--Amid the debate in Kansas over a controversial vote by the state's board of education to allow criticism of evolutionary theory in schools, Intelligent Design proponent William Dembski addressed an audience of 1,500 at the University of Kansas on the "Case for Intelligent Design." Read More

• VBS leaders get early start on kids’ ‘Arctic Adventure’

  by Polly House, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--More than 1,300 people had an Arctic Adventure without leaving the Southeastern United States. Read More

• LifeWay expands VBS Tools Online

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--VBS Tools Online, after being unveiled in 2005, is being expanded to provide added help for Vacation Bible School leaders in 2006. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The economic forecast for 2006

  by Howard Dayton, posted Wednesday, February 15, 2006 (18 years ago)

  GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--Back in 2002, my good friend and cofounder of Crown Financial Ministries, Larry Burkett, had this to say about the economy: “The storm clouds aren’t all gone, but the U.S. economy appears poised for growth this year.” Read More