Lauri Lebo

Lauri Lebo is the author of The Devil in Dover: Dogma v. Darwin in Small-Town America, a book about the 2005 First Amendment trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover in which intelligent design was ruled A religious belief that the universe and life are the product of acts of divine creation rather than via natural processes. Learn more .

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Religion Dispatches

Conservative Christians Struggle With Christianity

It seems as if Beck, Conservapedia and others are trying to call themselves Christian when what they are espousing has nothing to do with Christian brotherly love.

Lauri Lebo

October 16, 2009

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Religion Dispatches

Texas Board of Education Wants to Change History

Texas is the second largest purchaser of textbooks in the country. If conservative Christians on the Texas Board of Ed panel prevail in their wish to leave Ann Hutchinson (trouble maker!), Cesar Chavez, and Thurgood Marshall out of the social studies curriculum, all US schools could be affected.

Lauri Lebo

August 12, 2009

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Evolution Challenged in 'Textbook' Case: As Goes Texas, So Goes the Nation

Opening the door to “junk science,” members of the Texas Board of Education inserted the coded language of creationism. With the second largest textbook budget in the nation, publishers are paying close attention.

Lauri Lebo

June 22, 2009

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