Federal Way schools restrict Gore film

Federal Way schools restrict Gore film

*rolling eyes and groaning to myself*

Ugh. Unbelievable. I'm shocked that there are people in the United States who are STILL in denial over global warming.

In the story, link above, it appears that a parent who supports the teaching of creationism, and who opposes sex education, has complained about Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" being shown in a social studies class. The school board has put a moratorium on showing this film - essentially banning it, until a teacher can prove that if they show that film they will also spend a day, or class period, presenting the opposite case (which is WHAT????, I'm wondering). Actually in the film, Al Gore states the fact that in the scientific community the percentage of conflicting reports on global warming is 0 - Yes, 0%. And the number of controversial stories about the legitimacy of global warming in the media was a number over 50% - showing that the controversy is perpetuated falsly (mostly due to radical governmental bias), when in reality scientific investigation always comes to the same conclusion - Global Warming is a FACT.

To quote this misguided (nicest word I could come up with) parent: "Condoms don't belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He's not a schoolteacher. The information that's being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. ... The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn't in the DVD."

It appears to me that this gentleman needs to sit down with the class and watch the movie again and actually listen to what it says. Hey, maybe even do a little research himself if he doesn't believe the facts presented by Al Gore. If you'd like to get some of the FACTS yourself, check out the global warming and climate change links on the LINKS section of this blog.

So then, what does this all come down to? Are we supposed to teach biblical stories in the classroom? (Don't even get me started on the seperation of church and state debate!) Are we really supposed to teach that the world will end in a fiery inferno for one entire social studies class to balance the showing of a scientifically based, fact backed, (and may I say tremendously wonderful) film like "An Inconvenient Truth"?

To me that is as ludacris and absurd as saying that we need to teach racism for a class to balance the time we spend teaching the class about the civil rights movement in the 60's.

What a baffoon! Even worse? The school board went along with it. Shame, shame shame!