This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient to show one of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the global-warming alert ‘An Inconvenient Truth.’ After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled a moratorium on showing the film. The movie consists largely of a computer presentation by former Vice President Al Gore recounting scientists’ findings. ‘Condoms don’t belong in school, and neither does Al Gore. He’s not a schoolteacher,’ said Frosty Hardison, a parent of seven who also said that he believes the Earth is 14,000 years old. ‘The information that’s being presented is a very cockeyed view of what the truth is. … The Bible says that in the end times everything will burn up, but that perspective isn’t in the DVD.’ Hardison’s e-mail to the School Board prompted board member David Larson to propose the moratorium Tuesday night. ‘Somebody could say you’re killing free speech, and my retort to them would be we’re encouraging free speech,’ said Larson, a lawyer. ‘The beauty of our society is we allow debate.’ […]

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