[Shadowfax]

“Excellent. The biological-science version of the “Fairness Doctrine” goes down in flames.”

So many things wrong with this comparison that it boggles the mind.

1) We aren’t talking about a free market system of the airwaves and forcing rejected ideas to have the same treatment as accepted, popular ideas. We’re talking about a government funded monopoly that many children have no choice about attending. Such a system should be required to present alternative views.

2) We aren’t talking about political commentary. We’re talking about a scientific “theory” (In quotes because there’s nothing scientific at all about evolution. In fact, it defies the scientific method.) that shouldn’t have to be protected from its critics.

3) We aren’t talking about liberals, who are all in a tizzy and fearful because they’re ideas aren’t popular and can’t be sold to the American people no matter how they are packaged. We’re talking about scientists who are in a tizzy and fearful..... Oh wait. Maybe there are some similarities.

[TerP26]

Hasn’t the pope come out in support of evolution?

[steve-b]

We're talking about the fact that creationist ideas have failed in the scientific marketplace, and their advocates want the guvmint to tilt the playing field in their favor so they can maintain a pretense of staying in the game. It's precisely equivalent to the "Fairness Doctrine".

[Oztrich Boy]

1) We aren't talking about a free market system of the airwaves and forcing rejected ideas to have the same treatment as accepted, popular ideas. We're talking about a government funded monopoly that many children have no choice about attending. Such a system should be required to present alternative views.

2) We aren't talking about political commentary. We're talking about a scientific “theory” (In quotes because there's nothing scientific at all about evolution. In fact, it defies the scientific method.) that shouldn't have to be protected from its critics.

3) We aren't talking about liberals, who are all in a tizzy and fearful because they're ideas aren't popular and can't be sold to the American people no matter how they are packaged. We're talking about scientists who are in a tizzy and fearful..... Oh wait. Maybe there are some similarities.

Actually you are

1) Schools are to teach the state of scientific thought. What present day scientists are thinking, and that's not Creationism. Politicians pandering to the voters by requiring the presentation of "alternative views" is the Fairness Doctrine

2) Not talking about political commentary? Haven't you heard Creationists declaring Darwinism is "liberal" and accepting it would turn them into amoral animals.

3) It's not about making a scientific idea popular with the lumpen proletariat. Education there is to expose children to the current knowledge paradigm so that some of them will be inspired to learn and become scientists rather than lawyers