Saturday, January 22, 2005
Follow the money
While some Kansas State Board of Education members have been forthright about where they stand on including "creation science" and Intelligent Design in the revised science standards, others, such as Iris Van Meter, have been more than just a little coy. Here is a list of conservative board members who received campaign contributions from the Free Academic Inquiry and Research Committee (FAIR), a political action committee that makes contributions to anti-evolution candidates and shares a post office box with the socially conservative Kansas Republican Assembly.
- John Bacon (District 3) -- $1,000.00
- Connie Morris (District 5) -- $1,500.00
- Kathy Martin (District 6) -- $1,000.00
- Kenneth Willard (District 7) -- $2,000.00
- Iris Van Meter (District 9)-- $1,800.00
- Steve Abrams (District 10) -- $1,500.00
Many of these candidates also report large contributions from the Kansas Republican Assembly, John Calvert, of the Intelligent Design Network, as well as top FAIR contributors, Dennis Marten, Harold Hutcheson,and Lloyd and Nancy Hanahan.
