ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE The Executive Committee of the Alabama Academy of Science hereb

ALABAMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

The Executive Committee of the Alabama Academy of Science hereby
records its opposition to legislation to introduce "scientific
creationism" into the Alabama classroom.  Furthermore, the Executive
Committee of the Alabama Academy of Science believes that the 
introduction of classroom subject content through the political 
process not only violates academic freedom of the subject specialist
to determine relevant and scientifically sound concepts, but also
represents an inappropriate and potentially dangerous precedent
for American education.

	Adopted by a vote of 24 in favor to 7 opposed; copy hand-
	dated 1981.

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