Damn. You people have serious reading comprehension problems.
I am not talking about the LEGALITY of the matter, I am talking about the WISDOM of allowing the FAILED public school system to teach our kids basic religion.
If that idea is really dumb, as I believe it is, then whether it is legal or not is not worth talking about.
If you want to talk about the legal questions, find somebody else.
Tell me, what are you gonna do when this insanity is implemented in you kid’s school, & he/she needs a prayer rug for Creation Class?
Strangely enough, the country managed to survive back when it WAS being taught. And your hyperbolizing is easily dismissed; nobody is talking about having Creation class or even stopping the teaching of Evolution. It is simply about acknowledging an alternative theory that happens to be the majority view in the USA.
“Because the public school system has failed” is not adequate enough an excuse to adopt a position that they should not be allowed to teach a subject. Otherwise, they would teach nothing.
And for the record, before you start your next line of attack, I do not believe that the Earth was created in six 24-hour periods, no do I believe it is 5000 years old. But I do believe in Federalism and original intent, and I am not interested in the banning of ideas in the public arena, much less ideas which enjoy the support of a large percentage of the public.
O'Donnell is right about the legality of it, right about the First Amendment, and right about the rights of local school board to decide for themselves. She gave the right answers, and there is nothing stupid about giving the right answers.