Science Association Denounces States' Anti-Evolution Efforts

Meeting in St. Louis, yesterday the Board of Directors of the world's largest general scientific organization, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), criticized state legislative efforts to undermine the teaching of evolution and "deprive students of the education they need to be informed and productive citizens in an increasingly technological, global community." (AAAS release.) Their statement said that science and religion "need not be incompatible. Science and religion ask fundamentally different questions about the world. Many religious leaders have affirmed that they see no conflict between evolution and religion. We and the overwhelming majority of scientists share this view." The AAAS statement was released in connection with an event for teachers at the group's 2006 Annual Meeting: "Evolution on the Front Line".