"just what is the purpose of a 'government school'? I honestly believe it is NOT to get kids to think for themselves or think at all.
In fact, public schools seem to be especially perfect places to minimize the ability of kids to grow their creative tendencies"
This may be the real issue here, the real debate is over the children’s minds, are they to be indoctrinated or do they have the freedom to choose?
You are so right. The debate is what can be pushed on our children and how little control we as parents have over it. The schools promote homosexuality as normal. No surprise they don't want anything remotely connected to God in schools. I have a feeling this isn't really about how concerned everyone is with our children's science education as it is about removing God from every aspect of public life in this country. There would be absolutely no harm in discussing ID with students. Don't you think students have a right to decide what they want to believe? If they find the TOE believable, fine. If they reject it, fine. Many of us learned about evolution and reject it. Many people reject God. You cannot (as much as you would like) force anyone to believe what they don't.