[connectthedots]

You are trying to compare physical problems with claims that are non-physical in nature. They are not the same. Of course, I would not tolerate teasing about physical deformities or anything else that unfairly ostracizes a child or any other person for that matter. I wouldn't tolerate a child telling another that she came from monkeys, because I don't believe it is true, as I have already said. My point was simply that her parents have little room to complain when they take a pro-evolution position.

[highball]

I wouldn't tolerate a child telling another that she came from monkeys, because I don't believe it is true

Of course it's not true.

Monkeys and apes and humans share a common ancestor. Humans, monkeys and apes are all primates, but we did not "evolve from monkeys."

The childish teasing you suppose comes from a position of ignorance as to what evolution really means. That type of ignorance may well be expected of children.

The only real cure for this type of teasing is education, a subject which the Dover school board apparently has very little interest.

[Right Wing Professor]

You are trying to compare physical problems with claims that are non-physical in nature. They are not the same. Of course, I would not tolerate teasing about physical deformities or anything else that unfairly ostracizes a child or any other person for that matter. I wouldn't tolerate a child telling another that she came from monkeys, because I don't believe it is true, as I have already said. My point was simply that her parents have little room to complain when they take a pro-evolution position.

So if she's teased for being Mormon, her parents have no grounds for complaint?