[JamesP81]

It got us to the moon. It makes all our military toys work.

Both of which are directly related to national defense, the federal govt's primary constitutional function. But this thread is about schooling. Anyone who has spent any time on FR knows well that nowhere in the Constitution is the govt granted the power to expend public money on education or non-military scientific research.

[js1138]

Both of which are directly related to national defense, the federal govt's primary constitutional function. But this thread is about schooling.

Well all sciences, particularly physics, clash with a literal reading of the Bible. Mathematics clashes with a literal Biblical reading of the definition of pi.

If you wish to have schools teach all "alternative" theories to everything in mainstream science, national defence will definitely go in the tank.

To the best of my knowledge, the majority of believers eventually accepted the controversial findings of astronomy (although there is at least on FReeper holdout). I'm sure they will eventually lose interest if protesting against biology.

It's a losing proposition anyway. ID advocates do not really reject common descent or the scientifically determined age of the earth. They have no alternative theory for the cause of evolution, so they have no alternative to teach.