Friday, January 12, 2007

School board blocks Al Gores global warming video because it is full of reputable scientific research. Yeah that has no place at school.

After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists' findings.

"Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher," said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. "The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

Hardison's e-mail to the School Board prompted board member David Larson to propose the moratorium Tuesday night.

Okay my question is this;
Is it a civil right for somebody to be allowed to remain ignorant if the information to educate them may damage their belief system?

I mean are our beliefs important enough that they should be preserved even if every single fact that is known disputes them?

I think I just blew my own mind.

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