"WHAT IS IT ABOUT EVEN the slightest dissent from Darwin's theory of natural selection that drives liberal elites (and even some conservative elites) bonkers?" ( from the article)
To All:
What drives liberals nuts is that something other than atheistic worldview might be present to children in government schools.
Solution: Get rid of the government schools!
If universal K-12 education were privatized this entire cat fight over evolution/intelligent design would evaporate like dew on a hot summer's morning.
Remember, please, that the education of children and youth can never be neutral in content or consequences. It WILL have political, cultural, and religious consequences!
Government schools are compulsory for those with no other option. Government schools are a price-fixed monopoly that guarantees that private options will be scarce or non-existent. Government schools can and do use the threat of police force to ensure their customers ( students) will fill their schools. They use the threat of police force to ensure that they have a constant flow of money. And,,,,,,all this force is directed at young children who will be politically, culturally, and religiously influenced by their government school. How can this be constitutional on either a federal or state level? .....Got me!
I guess I've seen this statement here so many times, I'd just like to know what you envision as an alternative.