And who sets curriculum standards for biology? Biologists and biology teachers. If some rogue teacher wants to stray from the curriculum and teach pseudosceince, whether it be Aristotelian physics or creationism, he shouldn't be allowed to.
My point is simply this: let biology teachers set the biology curriculum. You can't let each individual teacher set his own curriculum, nor should politicians meddle in the process. You have to have one standard, which should be set by the pre-eminent biologists residing in the state, not politicians
Every case I've heard of has been either politicians who no nothing about biology meddling in the curriculum, or a rogue teacher going against the overwhelming consensous of his collegues.
The media cases you mention are all attempts to allow other theories to also be discussed.
Wrong. They were attempts to force unwilling biology teachers to discuss unscientific "alternatives" to a sound science.
... and people wonder why seperation of Church and State occurred in our beloved historical past.
Fine. I actually have no major objections to that. I was merely pointing out that portraying oneself as a defender of individual teachers "freedom to choose" what to teach inaccurate.
In your case, you wish to assign the choice of what will be taught to some defined or nebulous corporate groupt of teachers and/or biologists.
Fine, but don't claim this is a defense of academic freedom, which by definition applies to individuals. It is merely a dispute about who will control the power to force teachers to teach certain things.