Reading about the state Board of Education’s review of science curricula (“School standards,” Nov. 3), I suggest the board change its name to the Utah Inquisition. Several board members — Lisa Cummings, Alisa Ellis, Scott Neilson and Michelle Boulter — charge that emphasis on climate change and the theory of evolution are aspects of secular, liberal viewpoints.
Board member Cummings feels national science standards are more politically expedient and contrary to children’s belief systems. She favors teaching intelligent design along with Darwin’s theory of evolution. She claims evolution is taught as a fact rather than a theory.