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I just found this in my inbox:
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Defend Science Letter to Signatories

We just received the following mail from Kathy Savage from Florida Citizens for Science. She is also a signatory of the Defend Science statement.  

We have also found this background summary of this bill which is helpful.
http://www.flascience.org/afbills_summary.pdf

This bill if passed would be a major attack on science education in Florida with potential national impact.  We ask Defend Science signatories to watch this situation closely and to respond to Kathy\'s request.

Kathy\'s letter follows.

--Defend Science
http://www.defendscience.org
email: mail@defendscience.org

Hello,

My name is Kathy Savage and I am a board member of the Florida Citizens for
Science <http://www.flascience.org/> . In case you are not aware, the
Florida State Board of Education recently adopted new science standards
<http://www.fldoestem.org/page231.aspx>  that, for the first time in Florida
history, include the teaching of evolution. Our joy in that was, however,
relatively short-lived as a couple of our state legislators and senators
introduced an
<http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&Mode=Bills&S
ubMenu=1&Year=2008&billnum=2692> \"Academic Freedom\" bill that passed through
the preK-12 Committee on Wednesday, March 26th. We have several huge and
financially well-equipped organizations working against us, The
<http://www.floridafamilyaction.org/home/about.cfm>  Florida Family Action
and the Florida Baptists, along with the infamous Discovery Institute.
<http://www.discovery.org/a/4510>  They have been very successful in getting
letter-writing campaigns, phone calls and speakers for this bill in huge
numbers.much more so than we have been able to organize. The previously
mentioned groups have already treated our legislators to a private screening
of the upcoming movie, Expelled <http://www.expelledthemovie.com/> . No
media, scientists, or teachers were allowed. Ben Stein himself actually
spoke at a press conference to our legislators.

Would any member of your group be willing to write a letter on behalf of
your group against the dangers of the bill SB2692, warning our state of the
possibilities of lawsuits, etc. We would like to collect as many letters of
support as we can and organize them to distribute to our legislators and
senators. 

If there are any suggestions you have to offer us in fighting this bill,
please feel free to give them. This is important, not only at our state
level, but nationally. What happens in Florida will have a domino effect
throughout our country.

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