Apparently, in Sedalia Missouri evolution is an anti-God religion

The marching band of Smith-Cotton High School had t-shirts made up to match the theme of their playlist: "Brass Evolutions". The logo was the familiar monkey-to-man panorama... which caused parents to lose their shit. Assistant Superintendent Brad Pollitt had the shirts confiscated.

Pollitt said the district is required by law to remain neutral where religion is concerned.

“If the shirts had said ‘Brass Resurrections’ and had a picture of Jesus on the cross, we would have done the same thing,” he said.

Band parent Sherry Melby, who is a teacher in the district, stands behind Pollitt’s decision. Melby said she associated the image on the T-shirt with Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

“I was disappointed with the image on the shirt.” Melby said. “I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.”
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“It’s not like we are saying God is bad,” sophomore band member Denyel Luke said. “We aren’t promoting evolution.”
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Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education member Michael Stees said it was unfortunate the T-shirt design was misconceived and he hopes the band can just move forward.

http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/news/0px-18740-span-font.html

Every day brings new stories of kids getting their educations fucked over by theocratic yahoos. I never imagined the 21st century was going to be like this.

I'm simply going to point out that Jesus had no opinion whatsoever on Genesis, a book of the Torah written by and for Jews. Neither Darwin nor evolution bother the Jews.

On edit: I don't think Christians should be allowed to read the Old Testament. It upsets them.

Your edit :thumbsup:

Tell them that the history of Christianity and western civilization is dependent on a woman with her ass in the air. Then tell them where to find the Book of Ruth.

Not making AYP http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=sp/sid=71264

More info http://www.city-data.com/school/smith-cotton-high-mo.html

One third proficient in math, one third proficient in communication arts... and under the thumb of religious hardcases.

Those kids are sooo boned.

That is such a good thing!

True enough they should be more worried about educational outcomes than offending the religiously insane in their schools. The one third who somehow believe their religious beliefs should be imposed on everyone else seem to have a disproportionate influence on school boards and administration.

In the same way that vaccines should not be associated with medicine. :crazy:

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Somebody, get a design on this board, stat!

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There are days the stupid is just a spectacle.

Saying that a school should not be involved with
evolution is like saying it shouldn't be involved
with mathematics or physics or even more to the
point ....... biology.

Seriously, for comparison purposes put a replacement religion up against the old religion. Christianity arguably started in the year thirty, but let's be a little more serious about it and date it to the first official date which is something like 313 AD. Beowulf is about 300 years later, Arthur about 300 years after that, St Margaret The Exile comes along before we really consider Europe to be Christian, and even that is debatable.

So it took more than six hundred years to laugh down, mock, humiliate, and torture people out of believing in garden faeries, wood nymphs, gods of thunder and lightning, and magical serpents, well maybe I'm getting carried away here.

As inexplicable as it is, it will be some time before these people surrender their childlike delusions, and it's because they are willful delusions. These people are fighting for their right to believe the ridiculous without challenge, the same way any parent might defend his right to keep Santa Claus going for as long as he can, in the name of keeping magic and innocence alive. But it's also about control.

And still we have people demanding respect for other old religions while denouncing the mainstream ones. What they hell is that about? Do they honestly think there is something better about believing in some ancient American bullshit over some ancient African bullshit or ancient Asian bullshit?

But I can't say the same for the parents. I've met a few that would foam at the mouth about something like this. :banghead:

I did high school band, college band, and DCI (Drum Corps International, Madison Scouts, 1994), and so I can say I qualify as a albeit former expert.

Marching drills evolve over the course of the show. One set seamlessly moves into another- you could say, "evolves". In fact, it's an example of what they claim actual evolution lacks- namely, every transition, from moment to moment.

These people would have been livid over Phantom Regiment's 2008 show. (<-- Part 1 - Part Two link is here)

Then, the ignorant bastard should be fired for not having the brain power of Homo erectus. And then made to retake his entire education, from kindergarten upwars, since science, English, and civics obviously passed the fucker by completely.

Science is considered a religion now in certain circles? Yikes.

Freaking pathetic and embarrassing.

I gave up on that town years ago. Now I just drive through as quicly as possible. LOL

I encourage people to register on the Sedalia Democrat's Web site and make comments on the story.

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God set evolution in motion.

Seriously, why do they see an absolute break between belief in God and evolution? It's not as if God couldn't have done it that way. Isn't God all powerful?