Genomicus writes:
Now that the unconstitutional nature of this bill has been demonstrated, let me ask this: the motivation of the authors aside (since their motivations clearly cannot be changed), what in the bill would have to be changed to make it constitutional?
Rather than attempt to force-feed creationism into science curricula, believers might mandate its coverage as part of history, or comparative religious studies or civics instruction.
The history of the controversy should be taught (because it's history); there is no greater civics lesson than that of why creationism--while socially and politically potent--has no place in the science classroom.
A huge number of Americans embrace creationism to one degree or another. Nothing that prevalent should be outright banned from high school studies--nor do I think it is.
We teach the Pythagorean Theorem in geometry; Pythagorean mysticism, not so much.
That seems about right.
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