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Evidently you like the current system which requires public schools to teach evolution with no disclaimer that it is an unproven theory. Evidently you like the current system which requires in public schools that only one side be given on the topic of evolutionary theory.

And you are dead wrong on comparing me to the likes of Stalin. The system he helped create forced people in Soviet Socialist Russia to hear only one side of evolutionary theory, THE ONE IN FAVOR OF IT. Not having both sides is what is authoritarian and dictatorial. My approach ensures that there will be no one sided approach to evolution.

You evidently have no problem with the public school system being required by law to teach only one side on evolutionary theory.

You see, my approach gives people choices. My approach is the one that lets the people have a voice in what their children are taught, that says that fairness, balance, and equity will be required by law, instead of the one you evidently favor that requires by law that only one side be given on the topic of evolutionary theory. You favor the authoritarian approach, and try and spin it around to make it look like I am the one who favors that approach. Please, you are the one who sounds most like the authoritarian Muslim Fundamentalist.

You posted that reply to a whole group of us, but I'll only address the specifics that relate to the nature of my disagreement with you.

As I posted to you earlier, instead of teaching that evolution is an unproved theory, why don't we instead teach them the definition of the word "theory", given that it is by definition, not proven, i.e., not a fact, but a framework in which to view the evidence.

ID is not "the other side" of the coin when it comes to evolutionary theory; an honest appraisal of evolution's strengths and weaknesses does not mean teaching ID in science class.

I am, personally, all in favor of our kids learning about our Judeo-Christian backgrounds, with everything that means for, and to, our cultural heritage. It's VERY important to do so. Isn't the home the best place for this education, though?

Your comments at the end of your post are baffling to me. No one on this thread, at least to my knowledge, has suggested suppressing all discussion of evolutionary theory (as you seem to be hinting at in your post) which is at odds with the way evolution is currently taught. It simply needs to be taught in the appropriate venue.