It stated: “Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin’s Theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of the life will not be taught.” The policy also required school administrators to read to students a statement mentioning problems with Darwin's theory and refers students to school library textbooks discussing the theory of intelligent design.
So what's so un-Constitutional about that statement? Are kids not to be taught that there are problems with TOE or are they to be taught that there are none? Are schools teaching kids to blindly accept anything that comes down the pike without thinking for themselves? Teaching of creation along with evolution doesn't seem to have hurt the education of all the kids in private Christian schools or all the homeschoolers who teach it.
You're avoiding the point, mom. It was Thomas More that tried to use the courts.
The taxpayers spoke - they don't want these nuts in power. They threw the board out as soon as they had the chance. It wasn't about what the taxpayers want, it was about a small minority trying to sneak their religion into the schools, and them being willing to lie to do it.
so have all scientists, and, if I may say so, all decent people.
What's wrong with bringing back what the people who are sending THEIR kids to schools that THEIR tax dollars are paying for?
Quite a bit. The law says that science has to be taught. The average voter is unlikely to know science from pseudoscience. Hence, the schools need to consult with scientists to determinethe curriculum.
Creation obviously did not have a deleterious effect on the progress of all science that was performed before ToE was introduced
Keep the timeline in mind. ToE was accepted by biologists no later than the 1880s, and was part of the college curriculum then. It then filtered down into the secondary school curriculum. Tennessee and Scopes were an attempt, decades later, to stop something that had already happened. ToE has been the curriculum since then. So really, except for the transitional period in the late 1800s - early 1900s, creationism has not bee taught since Darwin's theory was accepted by biolgists.
Teaching of creation along with evolution doesn't seem to have hurt the education of all the kids in private Christian schools or all the homeschoolers who teach it.
Two points: 1) If the along with evo is forgotten, it does make getting into college harder. 2) Most Christian schools are Catholic, and they teach ToE.