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From: \u201cBarbara Forrest<\/a>\u201d <barbara.forrest@gmail.com<\/a>><\/p>\n
Date: June 18, 2008 11:08:42 AM PDT<\/p>\n
Subject: Help needed immediately for Louisiana<\/p>\n
You all no doubt know what is happening down here<\/a>. We have the point at which the only possible measure we have left is to raise an outcry from around the country that Gov. Jindal has to hear. He won\u2019t respond, but we have to at least make some noise<\/a>. What is happening in Louisiana has national implications, much to the delight of the Discovery Institute.<\/p>\n
SB 733, the LA Science Education Act<\/a>, has passed both houses of the legislature and the governor has indicated that he intends to sign it. But we don\u2019t have to be quiet about this. There is something that you and everyone else you know who wants to help can do:<\/p>\n
The LA Coalition for Science<\/a> has posted a press release and an open letter to Jindal<\/a> asking him to veto the bill.<\/p>\n
It is time for a groundswell of contacts to Jindal<\/a>, and *this must be done immediately* since we don\u2019t know when he will sign the bill. The vote in the legislature is veto-proof, so any request for Jindal to veto the bill *must stress that the governor can make this veto stick if he wants it to stick*. Please contact everyone you know and ask them to contact the governor\u2019s office<\/a> and ask him to veto the bill. If you have a blog, blog this. If you have friendly contacts in your address book, please ask them to also contact the governor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
The contact information is at the LCFS link above. We want people all over the country to do this, as many as possible. Here are the talking points:<\/p>\n
Point 1: The Louisiana law, SB 733, the LA Science Education Act<\/a>, has national implications. So far, this legislation has failed in every other state where it was proposed, except in Michigan, where it remains in committee. By passing SB 733, Louisiana has set a dangerous precedent that will benefit the Discovery Institute by helping them to advance their strategy to get intelligent design creationism into public schools. Louisiana is only the beginning. Other states will now be encouraged to pass such legislation, and the Discovery Institute has already said that they will continue their push to get such legislation passed.<\/p>\n
Point 2: Since Gov. Jindal\u2019s support for teaching ID clearly helped to get this bill passed in the first place, his decision to veto it will stick if he lets the legislature know that he wants it to stick.<\/p>\n
Point 3: Simply allowing the bill to become law without his signature does not absolve the governor of the responsibility for protecting the public school science classes of Louisiana. He must veto the bill to show that he is serious about improving Louisiana by improving education. Anything less than a veto means that the governor is giving a green light to creationists to undermine the education of Louisiana children.<\/p>\n
I have given you the talking points here. You can pull additional ones from the LCFS press release and our online letter.<\/p>\n
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