Mitt Romney Responds on Intelligent Design
May 8, 2007
This came into The Brody File today from Mitt Romney's campaign.It's his response on whether he believes Intelligent Design should be taught in public schools. In 2005, Romney said that ID should not be taught in public school science classes. Today's answer confirms that he still feels that way. You can read more about the 2005 comments here but below is his statement that I just received:
"Governor Romney believes that school curriculum is a decision for local school boards, first and foremost. He welcomes decisions by local school districts interested in teaching intelligent design as part of a religion or philosophy course. He does not think it should be required as part of science curriculum."
Well, at least there's no flip flop. He is sticking to his guns on this. I'm sure the Romney campaign thinks there's little risk here. But let's remember that Romney needs a bunch of Evangelicals to vote for him if he's going to win. Let's also remember that a good portion of them probably believe that if schools are going to teach Evolution as science, then Intelligent Design should be taught side by side. And if you're going to throw Intelligent Design into a religion class, then these same folks think you better do that with Evolution too.
Please understand that I'm not suggesting this is a defining issue. I'm just saying that this is a part of the overall discussion about a candidate,especially Romney who already is at strike one with certain Evangelicals over the Mormon thing.
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