"Then keep the creationists out of science classes".
You're wrong. That's a local decision. It should be made by the local school board. That's why they were elected. It's called democracy. It may be a good or bad decision but it's their decision not some judge's.
You're wrong. That's a local decision. It should be made by the local school board. That's why they were elected. It's called democracy. It may be a good or bad decision but it's their decision not some judge's.
Creationism is a specific religious belief. As such, it is unconstitutional to teach it in a publicly funded school, much less in a science class.
Do you think it would be okay in a district where Muslims are in the majority, and who elect a Muslim dominated school board, to teach Islamic beliefs in science classes in the public schools, and to force non-muslim children to have to take the classes?
Nope. The board is a public entity and represents everyone, not just a small group of luddite parents. The school distric takes tax money, so it cannot promote one religious view over others, and face it, ID is a religious view regardless of what its proponents say.
Read the article and you'll see that you are wrong!
No, the school board does not have the authority to define what science is. If the state mandates that science be taught, the school board is obliged to do so; lying to the students by claiming that ID is science, or that there is a scientific controversy about evolution is unacceptable.
It is no different than teaching Ebonics as though it were English, or teaching Afrocentrism or Holocaust-denial as though it were history.
School boards and teachers who indulge in such behavior should not only be sued for fraud, they should be impeached and convicted by the legislature for high crimes, and thus barred from future public employment.