John Pieret makes a very good point on his blog Thoughts in a Haystack. He points out that many American high school teachers avoid teaching evolution in their classes because it's too controversial. They'll skip that section of the curriculum even if it's required by the school board. "Who needs the hassle from parents," they say.This fact needs to be widely known. It means the IDiots are winning in spite of the court cases that go against them. (John will probably disagree with this point.) If evolution is being removed from classrooms—and all the evidence suggests that it is—then we're fooling ourselves if we think the good guys are winning.
Stand up and protest if you think this is happening in your school district [Sounds of Silence]. Even better, encourage our students to take to the streets. You'd be surprised at how many of them want a decent education.
[Photo Credit: "Joining nationwide demonstrations, high-school students in Valparaíso [Chile] take to the streets on May 30 [2006] to protest [for] proposed changes in Chile's public education system." Eliseo Fernandez—Reuters /Landov (Encyclopedia Britanica Online)]
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