Deseret News Poll

I see from the poll numbers that things haven’t changed much since the last poll they did back in March (mentioned below). On the bright side, the Deseret News article mentions, “Utahns overwhelmingly — 71 percent — want Utah schools to keep teaching evolution in high school biology classes,” which is good news. But the fact that at least 66% of Utahans want to lower our schools science standards by having a religious pseudoscientific theory taught as well is sad to see.



I am encouraged by what our state curriculum director Brett Moulding had to say,

While 66 percent of Utahns surveyed favor intelligent design lessons to balance those on evolution, the state curriculum boss says such discussions don't belong in science class.

"What is accurate science is not determined by a public opinion poll, but rather by what the scientific community comes to consensus," state curriculum director Brett Moulding said. "We do, in fact, have released time . . . for students to pursue instruction in religious ideas, and I would hope that parents who want their children to have some instruction along the lines of the religious way of knowing would take advantage of that."

I do hope the legislature will ignore their constituents for once (what am I saying, duh… they do that all the time) and do the right thing. Scientists and the scientific community determine what science is, not parents and fringe groups with good PR campaigns.