Press Release Archives for December, 2007

Center for Inquiry joins in call for Presidential Debate

December 11, 2007

“We don’t want to concede science to other nations,” a group of Nobel Laureates says; broad coalition seeks a science and technology-themed Presidential debate in 2008

Amherst, New York (December 10, 2007)-Ten Nobel laureates, two dozen other eminent scientists, and the leaders of many of America's pre-eminent …Full Release »

Center for Inquiry Welcomes Appellate Decision Finding Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program Unconstitutional

December 04, 2007

Amherst, New York (December 4, 2007)-In a major ruling affecting faith-based service providers, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decided today that the State of Iowa could not fund an inmate rehabilitation program called InnerChange Freedom Initiatives that was run by Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship Ministries. …Full Release »

Center for Inquiry Experts Comment on Texas Science Education Standards

December 03, 2007

Amherst, N.Y. (December 3, 2007)-Experts at the Center for Inquiry (CFI), America's largest think tank defending reason, science, and freedom of inquiry, were dismayed to learn that Texas has forced a distinguished educator out of her job because she spoke favorably of evolution and forwarded messages about lectures on …Full Release »