I'd love to see this debated in high school, at least in advanced biology. As someone who tuned out of school (spent my time reading George Gamow instead of textbooks) I would have been amazed and delighted by a classroom debate on this or any other controversial subject.
Why is debate considered a waste of class time? It is a great motivator.
A debate is a waste of time if the participants don't know how to debate. Most people believe they're debating when they're really just throwing ideas at each other with little concern for understanding the other person's comments. Most people believe they're thinking when they're really just rearranging their biases.
A perfect example is this thread: whoever posted this thread didn't pay much attention to the responses to the previous, practically identical, thread. If s/he had understood the "affinity, filtering & reproduction" comments, s/he would/should not have bothered posting the remarkably long & misguided "second proof". I expect to see a third post, which will say the same thing and miss the hundred counter-proof posts previously posted.