I think you just hit on what AC is stating. It is a theory but - and her argument is that this is based on teaching in the public schools - it is taught as fact and there can not be any argument or discussion against it.
No, that's not what Coulter is stating. Go back and read the quotes of hers you posted to start this thread.
but - and her argument is that this is based on teaching in the public schools -
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it is taught as fact and there can not be any argument or discussion against it.
Oh, please. The Theory of Evolution is taught as "The Theory of Evolution," which is to say, it's taught as a "theory." I have a pretty good grasp of this because my son studied it this past year in his high school biology class, and the year before that in eighth grade. I helped him study it.
The TOE is the scientific theory that covers all the known facts. Please note qualifer: "scientific."
In science class, if there is a scientific argument against a theory, or competing theories, that should be covered. No one questions this. I can recall -- dimly -- when I was in school learning competing theories about the nature light. At present, however, there is no scientific theory competing with the Theory of Evolution.
If you think ID is a scientific theory, please state how one would go about disproving it.