Imagine the shock a Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Animist/Wiccan/ child gets when he opens his public school textbook and finds that he is being taught evolutionary theory as fact!
Oh, but that’s just teaching them the “truth” instead of brainwashing them, dontcha know?
I mean, really, if you want them to accomplish nothing more in life than being a burger flipper at McD’s, then teach them creation instead of evolution.
Some people feel obligated to make sure our kids learn what they think the kids should instead of what the parents want.