Georgia pretends science doesn't exist
• Miseducation
I was born in Savannah, GA, lived much of the first twenty-odd years of my life there and in Atlanta. I'm not surprised to discover that some in my home state want to deal with the theory of evolution by pretending that it doesn't exist.
"They've taken away a major component of biology and acted as if it doesn't exist," said David Bechler, who heads the biology department at Valdosta State University. "By doing this, we're leaving the public shortchanged of the knowledge they should have."