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Vitter shifts $100,000 from religious group; He cites 'hysterics' in evolution dispute
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Oct 19, 2007 06:39pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New Orleans Times-Picayune |
| News Date | Saturday, October 20, 2007 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | WASHINGTON -- Bowing to pressure, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 in taxpayer money to a Louisiana Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation alongside evolution in science classrooms.
Vitter has taken heat from educational, religious and civil rights groups for earmarking money in the fiscal 2008 spending bill for the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health, Human Services and Education for the Louisiana Family Forum, "to develop a plan to promote better science education."
The group has long challenged Darwinian theories explaining the origins of life, and the earmark was seen by some as an attempt to inject Christian religious doctrine into the classroom. |
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