But should not this matter be left to the local citizens and elected school boards? Yes they can be mistaken and surely they will be on occasion, but so can be the courts and ACLU. The courts are not infallible and they should not usurp the whole power.
Not when it violates the Constitution. If establishing sectarian religious doctrine, like I.D., with no basis in science as the favored theory of the school district does not violate the establishment clause, nothing does.
Not when it violates the Constitution. If establishing sectarian religious doctrine, like I.D., with no basis in science as the favored theory of the school district does not violate the establishment clause, nothing does.
The matter of "should ID be discussed in a SCIENCE room" shoudn't even be discussed by a local school board. ID is not SCIENCE in any manner. If you want to introduce your spirituality based topics into the school curriculum, do so in a theology or philosophy class and I'll have no problem with it. Whether or not you like it, our courts DO have a certain amount of power over the incorrect decisions of local governments. As a biologist, it's an affront to the science to introduce completely unscientific notions into a scientific class and theory just because there may be gaps or specific problems with a theory. Can't just fill in the gaps with the latest scientifically unproven and unprovable religious belief.....not in MY science class.
....and school boards ARE infallible and SHOULD be able to introduce whatever they want into any class they want, no matter the relevance to the class?