America's Taliban has no sense of humor...

[kpete]

Creature's picture irks Board of Ed member
BY ICESS FERNANDEZ
The Wichita Eagle

Courtesy photo

The Flying Spaghetti Monster, is the creation of Bobby Henderson of Corvallis, Ore.
Aug. 28, 2005: Evolution debate spawns a saucy monster

State Board of Education member Connie Morris took exception Wednesday to a picture of a made-up creature that satirizes the state's new science standards hanging on a Stucky Middle School teacher's door.

Fellow board member Sue Gamble told The Eagle that Morris asked for the picture to be removed.

The creature, called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is the creation of Bobby Henderson of Corvallis, Ore. It looks like a clump of spaghetti with two eyes sticking out of the top and two meatballs flanking the eyes.

Henderson created the entity and an accompanying mythology on the origin of mankind to make fun of Kansas' recent debate over the teaching of criticisms of evolution, including intelligent design.

In November, the board voted 6-4 to allow criticisms of evolution to be taught in Kansas schools.

more at:
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/living/education/14331100.htm
via:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/04/kansas-teacher-ordered-to-take-flying.html

[ixion]

1. what's her problem? one fairy tale is as good as another

I guess she misses that point though. :evilgrin: