Retired Professor Wants Anti-Evolution Issue On Oshkosh Wisconsin Ballot

The Oshkosh,Wisconsin Northwestern reports today on a retired University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh physics professor's petition drive to get an advisory referendum on the November ballot on the teaching of evolution in the public schools. Sandra Gade says that "the way evolution is being taught is antagonistic to students' religious beliefs. Students are told that it is a scientifically established fact that evolution, a purely natural process made all living things." She wants to require teaching of facts that discredit as well as those that support evolution. Despite Glade's efforts, state law has no provision for school boards to place an advisory referendum on the ballot.