Being that my beliefs are a fundamental part of me, and that they are in total disagreement with anything that contradicts God's creation of the world, I felt it insulting that the public schools should teach otherwise, and I was prompted to stop it. If science is pervaded with theories like this, and that is all that it is, then science is obviously nothing more than an attempt to discredit religion and should not be taught in public schools. I believe that true, factual science holds every relevance to life and should be taught to further our knowledge of it. Danny gave the completed form to his principal, Dave Hendrickson, and waited for a response. Another skirmish in America's culture wars was under way.
Science teachers are on the front line of the battle.
In recent years, as religious conservatives have stepped up their attacks on the teaching of evolution, liberal organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and People for the American Way have responded in kind. Science teachers, of course, are on the front line of the battle. Some have concluded that evolution is simply too hot to handle and have dropped the topic from their lesson plans. Conservative politicians, meanwhile, cite the teaching of evolution as yet one more example of America's moral decline. No matter that the Supreme Court, in two landmark cases, seemed to have resolved the matter.