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"Rightwing group seeks to strip climate change from US classrooms"> "Climate change is a 'liberal' cause, argues Colorado-based petitioner,> and
requires a 'balancing' counterpoint"
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> And so to Mesa County in Colorado where this week the first labour pains > of what
> seems to be the birth of a new movement in the US were felt. Dozens of
> protesters attended a meeting of School District 51's Board of Education > to hand
> over two petitions aimed at keeping political views out of the county's > classrooms.
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> According to reports in the local press, Rose Pugliese, a local lawyer and
> failed Republican candidate for the board of education, authored both of > the
> petitions. The first, which gained 600 signatures of support, simply > wished for
> teachers not to express their "personal, political views" to pupils, > whereas the
> second, which gained 700 signatures, sought to stop the teaching of global
> warming to children.
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> "[Global warming] is not a proven scientific theory. There is not evidence > to
> support it,"
Great. Let's eliminate the teaching of ALL theories from classrooms all across America.
No more cancer research. No more quantum physics. Perfect. If it ain't in the bible, it's a lie.