“Why courts are adopting gay parenting”
March 12, 2006, The Washington Post editorial about courts ruling in favor of the rights of gay and lesbian parents.
Category: education
Creation Museum
The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky., is a 70,000-square-foot exhibition that promotes a literal view of the Bible and the creation story through lifelike displays that include depictions of human beings living alongside dinosaurs. The museum’s developers announced plans in December 2010 to build the Ark Encounter, a $150 million biblical theme park re-creating the story of Noah’s Ark as […]
“Defining family: Piecing together how two moms or two dads fit into the picture”
An article from the September-October 2006 issue of Children’s Voice, the magazine of the Child Welfare League of America, which describes issues and considerations for agencies regarding gay adoption.
A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism
A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism is a website where scientists can sign a document stating that they question the claims of Darwinism and call for further inquiry into it and other theories. The list includes scientists from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences; the Russian, Hungarian and Czech national academies; and universities such as Yale, Princeton, Stanford, the […]
“Faith-based adoptive/foster services: Faith communities’ roles in child welfare”
A March 2004 paper by the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California which details the history of faith groups’ involvement in adoption.
Adoption History Project
The Adoption History Project at the University of Oregon is devoted to making adoption history accessible and interesting to visitors who may not be aware that adoption has a history at all. Contact project author Ellen Herman.
“A Teacher on the Front Line as Faith and Science Clash”
Read an Aug. 23, 2008, New York Times story about a Florida high school teacher approaching the subject of evolution in his science class.
“The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom”
Scientific American’s January 2009 issue was dedicated to a discussion of the implications of Darwin and evolution.Read an article it included by the National Center for Science Education’s Glenn Branch and Eugenie Scott about teaching evolution in public schools.
“On Evolution, Biology Teachers Stray From Lesson Plan”
As this New York Times story reports, a study published in the January 2011 edition of Science magazine found that just 28 percent of biology teachers consistently teach the evidence for evolution; 13 percent explicitly advocate creationism.