NCSE on the Michael Reiss Affair

 
The National Center for Science Education has issued a press release on the recent resignation of Michael Reiss from his role as Director of Education for the Royal Society of London (UK) [Royal Society furor over creationism].

The NCSE is highly critical of the way Reiss' remarks were misrepresented in the popular press. NCSE is indirectly critical of those Nobel Laureates who called for Michael Reiss to resign based on those false reports in British newspapers.

Under the circumstances, the press release from NCSE is pretty good but it stops short of taking a position. I would have been happier if NCSE had told us their official stance on: (a) whether creationism should be challenged in British schools, (b) whether Michael Reiss should have resigned, and (c) whether it is appropriate for clergy to play a leading role in deciding policies about science and religion in a scientific organization.

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