Your reading skills must be deficient. I am an evolutionist. For the time being evolution seems to be the best theory to explain how man and other life forms came to exist on this earth and is not in conflict with the teaching of our family's denomination. Our children were taught evolution in our homeschool. It was, though, within the framework of a thoroughly God-centered worldview.
It is my observation that evolutionists are the biggest defenders of compulsory government schooling where evolution can then be thrust on unwilling families and their children.
While the creationists would be very happy to have complete separation of school and state, and let evolutionists teach what they want in their private schools.
There is only **ONE** reason why evolution is a hot button topic. GOVERNMENT! If there were complete separation of school and state, as well as science funding and state ( except for military defense research), the controversy would dissipate as quickly as dew on a hot summer's day. But evolutionist don't want to see that because many of them are freedom of conscience BULLIES!
It is the creationists that are pushing for "intelligent design" (non-science) to be added to the science curricula.
"It is my observation that evolutionists are the biggest defenders of compulsory government schooling where evolution can then be thrust on unwilling families and their children."
Malarkey.