Quote (Santara @ Apr 14 2012 05:07am)
I'm extremely well aware of the bold, and what you wrote in no way contradicts what I wrote. Having a majority DOES give you the power to enact constitutional laws. Now if you want to argue that having a creationism topic in science is a violation of the Constitution, by all means fire away, but I don't think they are unconstitutional.
Because it's teaching creation as a fact, not a possibility. It's saying there is evidence for a creator. This is different than a philosophy class or a class on world religion in the sense that students are free to reject the ideas presented to them as not in alignment with their personal beliefs. Telling them creationism is valid in the science classroom is telling students employers will be asking for this information in the same way they would ask a person if they could do calculus or specialized in biology. Creationism as science is the government establishing a religion. It infringes upon the rights of Catholics, Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, Muslims, and other protestants to be free from the government telling them how to handle their faith.
Science, on the other hand, is based upon secular observations that are universal to all faiths. That is because science looks at facts, asks all those faiths and experts for a consensus, and does not ignore facts (such as fossils). Creationism, on the other hand, tries to solve the origins of the universe through logic and fails horribly because it runs into problems with faith.
This isn't an atheist vs. theist discussion, this is a small group of individuals pushing their beliefs to infringe on others' 1st. amendment rights.