Such things are said by people who understand neither science nor religion. And for a 9th grade boy and his father to sue on the grounds that his rights are being violated by having to listen to someone else's religious viewpoint is also nonsense. If he disagrees with a viewpoint expressed, he is welcome to critique it for its merits. If that was the aim of the Moon Township class, to promote an honest discussion of the views on how the world was formed, then they were in fact already being scientific. If the boy was harassed by his classmates for being an atheist, or if the teacher allowed that harassment, then that needs to be corrected.
Harassment is neither Christian nor scientific.
Such a case is not to be presumed to exist in a Christian country. No purpose of action against religion can be imputed to any legislation, state or national, because this is a religious people This is a Christian nation. Honest and informed citizens will work to return our schools back to honest science and respect for each other - where Biblical, secular, and other viewpoints can test each other on a level playing field. Earle Fox is an Episcopal priest who received a doctorate in philosophy on the relationship of science and theology from Oxford U. in 1964. Many ASAers Active Martin L. Price realized that his 1969 Ph.D. in biochemistry equipped him to do agriculture as much as medicine.