[wintertime]

There is only ONE reason evolution/ ID is a hot button issue: Government schools!

If there were no government k-12 schools the acrimony would evaporate like dew on morning grass.

Evolution has profound political, cultural, moral and ethical ( that means religious) consequences for all the children in a government school. Those consequences are NOT neutral.

No matter how the government school approaches this topic, the government WILL establish the worldview of some ( with religious consequences) and actively trash and undermine the most cherished family traditions of others.

Solution: Begin the process of completely separating school and state.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"Government schools!"

Very insightful.

I'm not against free though and new ideas, just forced indoctrination.