Evolution is not a belief system. It is simply a scientific theory in which the vast majority (of scientists, if it need be said) have a high degree of confidence.
Evolution entails fundamental assumptions concerning the origin, purpose, and destination of life and all its elements. Those assumptions in turn have a tremendous bearing on how one conducts himself toward others and the world at large. It would be disingenuous to descibe it as anything less than a belief system.
Maybe scientists are the last to admit they have any beliefs, but in the end, that's all they have. They are no better in terms of ultimate knowledge and understanding than a superstitious pigmy. I suppose we can all pretend they know it all, but I refuse to give them equal or better status in determining what goes into public school textbooks.
Evolution is a theory with no evidence for it and humongous amounts of evidence against it. That is why you have to appeal to authority instead of to facts.
Fair enough. And now textbooks will say exactly that ("evolution is a theory").
Do you have a problem with textbooks saying true things?