Welcome to FR.
Don't let these people get to you. You'll only wind up mired in a flame war. It won't be the first or the last time this has happened, however.
The idea that you shouldn't speak your mind because it make someone else uncomfortable is as like you put it...ridiculous. If everyone on the right sat around and wrung their hands like that, there would be no FR.
The issue is that when conservatives push religion in schools, it damages our ability to effect far more important issues like judges, abortion, Social Security Reform, etc. There are plenty of us conservatives that are trying to keep our collective eye on the ball and get things done. Spending political capital promoting creationism is not on the agenda.
Thanks Cowboy. :)
Narby, creationism might be wrong, but if so, it's not because it divided the electorate. If it was wrong, it would be because science or the Bible had disproven it. This is my point. I would love to debate creationism, but this isn't the place. :)