0001| HOUSE MEMORIAL 22 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| TIMOTHY E. MACKO | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| A MEMORIAL | 0011| COMMENDING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ESTABLISHING HIGH | 0012| ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ENSURING PURSUIT OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM BY | 0013| ADOPTING RIGOROUS STATE SCIENCE CONTENT STANDARDS. | 0014| | 0015| WHEREAS, science is a special way of knowing and | 0016| understanding the physical world that uses the "scientific | 0017| method" to conduct rigorous investigations into processes that | 0018| are observable and repeatable; and | 0019| WHEREAS, science is a discipline that employs skeptical | 0020| peer review and experiments attempting to falsify ongoing and | 0021| prior scientific work to ensure the validity and integrity of | 0022| results; and | 0023| WHEREAS, historic processes such as the origin of the | 0024| physical universe and biologic life were not observed and have | 0025| not been repeated; and | 0001| WHEREAS, theories of biologic origins vary widely in | 0002| proof, evidences and belief; and | 0003| WHEREAS, the theory of evolution posits a pre-biotic soup | 0004| from which biologic life emanated, postulates that all life | 0005| emanated from a common ancestor and requires transitional forms | 0006| as evidence of macro-evolution between species forms; and | 0007| WHEREAS, no extant fossil evidence exists for this pre- | 0008| biotic soup, no fossil or any other evidence exists for this | 0009| common ancestor and noted evolutionists have described the | 0010| extreme scarcity of transitional forms as the "trade secret of | 0011| paleontology"; and | 0012| WHEREAS, the accepted evolutionary explanation for macro- | 0013| evolution leading to transitional forms is beneficial mutation, | 0014| yet the observation of beneficial mutations is so rare that | 0015| they cannot be the source of transitional forms; and | 0016| WHEREAS, noted evolutionary biologists observe that in | 0017| order for the theory of evolution to be correct, there must be | 0018| evidence of progression within species from one form to another | 0019| and there must be evidence of transition to new forms, yet | 0020| observations overwhelmingly indicate that species display | 0021| remarkable stasis with little, if any, proclivity toward change | 0022| or evolution into another species; and | 0023| WHEREAS, an organism's hereditary characteristics are | 0024| transferred through DNA, yet DNA structure is specifically | 0025| designed to be robust against change; and | 0001| WHEREAS, the theory of evolution requires transformation | 0002| from simple to complex cells as well as a suitable explanation | 0003| for the production of complexity from randomness, yet no | 0004| mechanism for such processes is observed, recorded or evident | 0005| in the geological record and no causal mechanism to explain the | 0006| process necessary to produce even a single gene has been | 0007| advanced; and | 0008| WHEREAS, probability theory shows that even the simplest | 0009| life cannot have arisen from random action, time and chance, | 0010| and modern information theory shows that random processes | 0011| cannot produce the observed genetic structures given the number | 0012| of elementary particle interactions available in cosmological | 0013| time; and | 0014| WHEREAS, it is the policy of the state of New Mexico to | 0015| enhance the self-esteem of students in the classroom, yet the | 0016| teaching of a theory that indicates that children evolved in a | 0017| meaningless manner through highly improbable random | 0018| fluctuations in a pre-biotic soup can result in a particularly | 0019| negative impact on a student's self-esteem; and | 0020| WHEREAS, because of these findings, and because of the | 0021| availability of various theories of biological origins, the | 0022| legislature affirms and agrees with the position of the state | 0023| board of education that various theories of biologic origins be | 0024| taught in the public school system; | 0025| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF | 0001| REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state board | 0002| of education be commended for excellence in establishing high | 0003| academic standards and for ensuring the pursuit of academic | 0004| freedom by adopting rigorous state science content standards; | 0005| and | 0006| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be | 0007| sent to the members of the state board of education. | 0008|  State of New Mexico | 0009| House of Representatives | 0010| | 0011| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0012| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| March 15, 1997 | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| Mr. Speaker: | 0019| | 0020| Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0021| | 0022| HOUSE MEMORIAL 22 | 0023| | 0024| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0025| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0001| BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE. | 0002| | 0003| Respectfully submitted, | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Samuel F. Vigil, Chairman | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| Adopted Not Adopted | 0013| | 0014| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0015| | 0016| Date | 0017| | 0018| The roll call vote was 5 For 2 Against | 0019| Yes: 5 | 0020| No: Beam, S.M. Williams | 0021| Excused: Mallory, Miera, McSherry, Nicely, Weeks, Wright | 0022| Absent: None | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| C:\OFFICE\WPWIN\WPDOCS\HM022EC1.WPD State of New Mexico | 0001| House of Representatives | 0002| | 0003| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0004| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| March 18, 1997 | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| Mr. Speaker: | 0011| | 0012| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom | 0013| has been referred | 0014| | 0015| HOUSE MEMORIAL 22 | 0016| | 0017| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0018| recommendation that it DO PASS, and thence referred to the | 0019| JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. | 0020| | 0021| Respectfully submitted, | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Fred Luna, Chairman | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| Adopted Not Adopted | 0006| | 0007| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0008| | 0009| Date | 0010| | 0011| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against | 0012| Yes: 8 | 0013| Excused: Alwin, Corley, Hobbs, Varela | 0014| Absent: Getty | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\HM022 |