Frist must have gotten slapped around by the fundies over his stem cell apostasy. He’s back to his old faith-based tricks:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Echoing similar comments from President Bush, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said "intelligent design" should be taught in public schools alongside evolution.
Frist, R-Tenn., spoke to a Rotary Club meeting Friday and told reporters afterward that students need to be exposed to different ideas, including intelligent design.
"I think today a pluralistic society should have access to a broad range of fact, of science, including faith," Frist said.
Frist, a doctor who graduated from Harvard Medical School, said exposing children to both evolution and intelligent design "doesn’t force any particular theory on anyone. I think in a pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and training people for the future."
Fascinating. I’d love to know whether "Dr." Frist, in his pursuit of "fairness" in education and desire to provide access to "a broad range of fact, of science, including faith", will call up his alma mater and suggest that they include classes in alchemy to balance out the chemistry offerings? Or how about requiring that the undergraduates take courses in astrology to complement their astronomy studies?
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Frist bows down to Master Dobson. Harvard Medical School wonders "WTF??"