The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: ... No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion" (Everson v. Board of Education).
I do not believe there is a Court ruling which prohibits teaching of world history or world religions or world philosophies in a public school. However, the motive of the effort to inject ID into a science class is obvious. ID is not science, it is religion and should be in a philosophy or world history or world religion class, all of which are clearly appropriate. Every public school student should be taught about all of the major cultures and religions of the world, as any good broad educational program would provide without question.
Gene Garman, M.Div.
America's Real Religion
www.americasrealreligion.org
Rick Duncan wrote:
Prof. David DeWolf has an excellent article on "teaching the controversy." See DeWolf, Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, Or Religion, Or Speech, 2000 Utah L.Rev. 39.As always, the solution to the culture war over the public school curriculum is parental choice and equal funding for all children.Cheers, Rick
Rick Duncan
Welpton Professor of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law
Lincoln, NE 68583-0902
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