A Video

[Randy]

It's pretty old, I think about twelve years old or so. They get better but this one addresses creationism. I apologize if this has already been posted before. It's just that there are too many posts to go through and see.

[No one]

Yes, that is a video.

[Recusant]

The most recent Creationist who stopped by hasn't bothered to return since he was suspended. Really, it doesn't get much interest here, even when there's a Creationist to make it a topic. 

Occasionally those (like Betsy DeVos for instance) who'd like to make it easier to teach more children about Creationism get some passing attention. 

[Recusant]

Speaking of the blessed DeVos, she's doing her best to make sure that right wing Christian evangelicals and in particular Dominionists will never waver in their allegiance to Trumpism. I don't think this money grab for religious schools was dependent on Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, but that ruling by the US Supreme Court ensures that this sort of diversion of government educational funds to pay for religious schools will continue for some time.

"As Covid-19 Takes Toll, DeVos Denounced for New 'Craven' Public School Privatization Scheme" | Common Dreams

With the Trump administration planning to demand that Congress devote a large chunk of the state and local education funding in the next Covid-19 relief package to a new grant program for private and religious schools, the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers on Thursday accused Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of attempting to exploit the pandemic to advance her privatization agenda.

"It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 percent of children attend, Betsy DeVos races to divert resources into private hands 48 hours after the Supreme Court's decision in Espinoza," Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said in a statement, referring to the high court's ruling Tuesday that religious schools cannot be excluded from taxpayer aid programs.

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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, warned in a statement Thursday that "Secretary DeVos and President Trump are using this pandemic as an excuse to push an ideological privatization agenda that would divert much-needed funds away from our public schools that serve approximately 90% of students across the country."

"Right now, our public education system is facing unprecedented challenges—public schools are scrambling to implement safety protocols with limited funds, millions of education jobs are on the line due to looming budget shortfalls, and families across the country are struggling with a chaotic, uncertain reality," Murray said.

"On the anniversary of Civil Rights Act of 1964, it's also important to note the pandemic has exacerbated severe racial inequities that have long existed in our education system," the Washington Democrat continued. "If Republicans have any sincere interest in addressing these inequities, they should show it by working with Democrats to invest in public education and address systemic racism rather than siphoning resources away when they're needed more than ever."

[Link to full article.]