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"Actually my problem is with people trying to argue that creationism should be taught in science classes..."

OK, so you would have no problem with public school science classes also delving into the problems with macro-evolution, and the differences between the various evoltionary schools of thought?
They seem to present it as a tidy package, all wrapped up and complete.
They never cover the threads that do not connect, but just assume that they will, in time.
It is not an exact science, even more in-exact (is that a word?) than human psychology.

"Actually my problem is with people trying to argue that creationism should be taught in science classes..."

OK, so you would have no problem with public school science classes also delving into the problems with macro-evolution, and the differences between the various evoltionary schools of thought?

Actually for a high school setting I think that the basics should be taught first (natural selection theory, mutation theory). If there's time, then go into the various different theories of how evolution occured over a span of billions of years. The more in-depth study of the various theories is probably best suited for college-level education though.

If there are holes or problems, they should be presented as they are. However, what should not be presented are the well-debunked strawmen like the myth about the earth's magnetic field decaying over time or the slowdown of the earth's rotation or the lie that if the planet were just a little closer to or further from the sun then all life would die.

OK, so you would have no problem with public school science classes also delving into the problems with macro-evolution, and the differences between the various evoltionary schools of thought? They seem to present it as a tidy package, all wrapped up and complete. They never cover the threads that do not connect, but just assume that they will, in time. It is not an exact science, even more in-exact (is that a word?) than human psychology.

At my high school in Louisiana, our Biology class didn't even discuss evolution due to the whining hissy fits the fundies throw over it. And your argument is totally flawed. See here