No Creationism please, we're British

[mandragora]

There's a report in today's Independent concerning an attempt to open a 'Creationist' school in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The local state school was failing and a businessman who had set up 3 others of these schools offered to set up another to replace the failing school.

The parents and teachers protested. They would rather have a failing school than one which 'indoctrinates' the children into what they, presumably, regard as a crackpot theory. The Independent report is here

Sums up the British position on extreme Christianity rather nicely, I think.

Comments

[temaris.livejournal.com]

we ain't fond of mixing religion with pretty much anything. As was said of some other social issue* once: I don't care as long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses *g*.

Plus, we have a proprietary interst in Darwinism. Yay, rational Brits! *G*.

(*yes, it was homosexuality).

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

I always smile whenever I see that quote. Sums it up nicely. Not that there are many horses in the streets nowadays...

Darwinism rules!