In what could be the first insighful editorial I've ever read in BYU's Daily Universe, Shawn Curtis voices his support for the decision against intelligent design. Then makes this point "Mormons in Utah are often willing to allow religion to enter the public domain because we are in the majority. Remember that if we allow people like the Dover School Board to endorse religion, the beliefs portrayed will seldom be your own."
Shawn is right. Mormonism while oppresive and dominant in Utah (I'm told, it seems fine to me) is so far into the Christian religious minority in the US that some people don't even know what it is.
Friday, January 13, 2006
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dawnawanna and joel have pretty much said it, I don't want a public institution teaching religion, and I don't want religion clouding up my kids' science class. The two can be separated but are not mutually exclusive either. However, many efforts are being made to teach certain cultural aspects of other religions, a humanities or history class is a perfect venue for such topics, and why not include a little mormon history in that too?
That Shawn, he's a sharp fellow.
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