Ethical foundations of the left

[Ken Hanly]

Really! Do you have statistics of any sort on this? Do you have references?
Not that I don't believe you but I would like to post on this to some
friends. Here we have some private, alternative, schools that may teach
creationism, although I imagine they would also have to teach evolution to
meet accredtiation standards but I am not sure about this. I am sure it
varies from province to province but I know of no province that teaches
creationism rather than evolution but perhaps some mention creationism as an
alternative. I am not sure about Newfoundland. I believe that the schools
system there is still not truly secular.

  Years ago in Ontario we were required to have short religious readings
before class started. I used to read from the Book of Myths. No one ever
complained! This was in a rural area!

Cheers, Ken Hanly

----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Schwartz <jkschw at hotmail.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: Ethical foundations of the left


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Kenneth, this example may be a result of living in Canada. Here in America,
the theory of evolution is controversial--it's probably actually a minority
view. Granted, we are backwards, but here religios communities have not
exactly accomodated themselves to Darwinism. Here in Illinois, the theory of
evolution is not part of the school curriculum taught in public schools. I'm
talking Illinois, not Mississippi. It's not taught there, either. At least
here the schools just dodge the issue. There they teach creationism.