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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Where does the constitution mention creationism? Or ID?
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Nowhere. Is this a serious question?
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It states that the state cannot establish a religion. Teaching ID is not establishing a religion.
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Are you aware of these recent federal court decision?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/13/ev...tbooks.ruling/
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". . . the distinction of evolution as a theory rather than a fact is the distinction that religiously motivated individuals have specifically asked school boards to make in the most recent anti-evolution movement, and that was exactly what parents in Cobb County did in this case," he wrote.
"By adopting this specific language, even if at the direction of counsel, the Cobb County School Board appears to have sided with these religiously motivated individuals."
The sticker, he said, sends "a message that the school board agrees with the beliefs of Christian fundamentalists and creationists."
"The school board has effectively improperly entangled itself with religion by appearing to take a position," Cooper wrote. "Therefore, the sticker must be removed from all of the textbooks into which it has been placed."
Five parents of students and the American Civil Liberties Union had challenged the stickers in court, arguing they violated the constitutional separation of church and state.
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So you see that it is possible to find that the teaching of evolution as a "theory" violates the Constitution, even though evolution is not mentioned in the Constitution.
Is that clearer now?