I don't have a problem with public schools teaching intelligent design or creationism as long as they don't teach it as part of the science curriculum or pass it off as science. If they are going to be taught in the public schools then they should be taught in social studies class in the same chapter as the "sky turtle" and other religious and cultural beliefs regarding the creation of the universe and the origin of human life.
I don't have a problem with public schools teaching intelligent design or creationism as long as they don't teach it as part of the science curriculum or pass it off as science. If they are going to be taught in the public schools then they should be taught in social studies class in the same chapter as the "sky turtle" and other religious and cultural beliefs regarding the creation of the universe and the origin of human life.
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Doing this is not religiously, culturally, or politically neutral. If the government gives the imprimatur of "true science" to evolution, and labels ID and/or creationism "social science", the government is sending a powerful religious message to all the students in the school.
Face it, please. Government schools never were, are not now, and never can be religiously neutral. Evolution is merely one of hundreds of curriculum policies and issues. As long as we have government schools, the fighting among the various political bully groups over the hearts and minds of the children will continue to be acrimonious.
There is only one constitutional solution: Begin the process of privatizing universal K-12 education. Do this and the curriculum wars will end.