Primary Day In Kansas

And one of the races to watch will be the republican side of the race for spots on the Kansas State Board of Education. Last year they approved a few changes in the science standards in an effort to sneak Not So Intelligent Design into the class room. (by the way, these changes are very similar to some of the changed being promoted by a number of South Carolina republicans). This fall the voters of Kansas get their chance to respond.

The board's actions to sneak creationism newest child into the classroom may extract a high price. A number of pro-science candidates are running in the republican primary, and if they fail to knock the right wing pro-ID office holders out of their seats, they plan on joining forces with the democrats to get this false science out of the classroom.

Several moderate Republican candidates have vowed, if they lose Tuesday, to support the Democratic primary winners in November. With the campaign enlivened by a crowded field of 16 candidates contending for five seats ' four held by conservatives who voted for the new science standards last year ' a shift of two seats could overturn the current 6-to-4 majority.

Lets see if the lesson of Dover can be repeated in Kansas, and hope that, no mater this falls results, the republicans in South Carolina that are pushing these foolish ideas decide to put them aside in favor of real science.


UPDATE

The pro-science candidates appear to be winning

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