# Legislation sponsored to teach creationism in public schools in ... Pennsylvania? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659 "2013-08-08T01:54:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/1 "2013-08-08T01:54:34Z")
Interesting, I did not expect a classroom creationism initiative to pop up in Pennsylvania of all places. [Pennsylvania Rep. Steve Bloom Seeks Cosponsors For Bill That Spurs Creationism Discussion](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/steve-bloom-creationism_n_3720530.html) > [@](#): > > Another day, another creationism debate. > > Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephen Bloom (R) is under fire after seeking cosponsors for legislation that critics say would allow creationism to be taught in the classroom. Bloom denies such claims, saying the bill would spur intellectual debate by allowing K-12 students in public schools to question scientific theories like evolution and climate change, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. > > “With free discourse in the classroom under threat, I will soon be introducing a bill to preserve academic freedom in Pennsylvania’s schools,” Bloom said in a memo. “Efforts to squelch and stifle free critical inquiry in the classroom have too frequently arisen, often in the context of the teaching and debate of controversial scientific theories and paradigms.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/2 "2013-08-08T02:07:39Z")
2 + 2 = 5 ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/3 "2013-08-08T02:08:20Z")
Just think of everything in between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as being Alabama and it’ll make sense. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/4 "2013-08-08T02:14:27Z")
If you were at all familiar with Pennsylvania politics you wouldn’t find it surprising. The House, Senate, and the Governor’s office are all controlled by Republicans in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/5 "2013-08-08T02:24:53Z")
This, um, winner is my state rep. I can assure you his views do not represent those of the majority of the residents of his district. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/6 "2013-08-08T02:28:24Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Just think of everything in between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh as being Alabama and it’ll make sense. Damn, ninjaed on the Carville quote. Another example, in the “T” many school districts are closed on the first day of hunting season. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legislation-sponsored-to-teach-creationism-in-public-schools-in-pennsylvania/665659/7 "2013-08-08T02:45:28Z")
Pennsylvania was also home to a major Intelligent Design (aka Creationism) case in 2005, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. In that case the court ruled that Intelligent Design was obviously a poorly veiled religious argument that had no place in a science classroom.