Friday, June 10, 2005
Pedro Irigonegaray: "We are Ready"
Following the Kansas Board of Education sub-committee meeting in Topeka last night that adopted a wide range of intelligent design inspired changes to the Kansas public school science curriculum, Pedro Irigonegaray, the attorney who represented the majority science standards draft at the hearings last month, reacted sharply.
"This is a sad day for Kansas school children," said Irigonegary. "Children should be taught science as science, not a religious view of science. This effort to mirror the minority report should not be happening in 2005."
Implementation of the standards, Irigonegary indicated, could lead to a court challenge. "We are ready," he said, "if the board opens the door to the non-scientific and supernatural, that would be a violation of Kansas law and the Establishment Clause to the U.S. Constitution."
"This is a sad day for Kansas school children," said Irigonegary. "Children should be taught science as science, not a religious view of science. This effort to mirror the minority report should not be happening in 2005."
Implementation of the standards, Irigonegary indicated, could lead to a court challenge. "We are ready," he said, "if the board opens the door to the non-scientific and supernatural, that would be a violation of Kansas law and the Establishment Clause to the U.S. Constitution."
