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Are there any rules in place with the ASTC for whether or not creationist museums can join the organization? I'd hope they wouldn't be allowed but I fear people are becoming more and more sympathetic to their cause. If they haven't already, I expect they'll soon be petitioning the natural history museums to offer their perspective. Have any museums addressed this issue and taken a position on it? If it is to be addressed in exhibits on evolution, I'd hope it would be displayed as a pseudoscience. Are there any rules in place for docents? They're not necessarily well-versed in the evolutionary sciences and I wonder if they may promote creationism during their tours. 

Amanda

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Amanda Chesworth
Educational Director, Children's Programming
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
http://www.csicop.org
http://www.inquiringminds.org
http://www.campinquiry.org

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