Kansas group claims evolution is a "religion"

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Kansas Group Tries To Remove Evolution From Schools By Claiming Science Is A Religion

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 9/27/2013 12:50 pm

A Kansas-based group that “promotes the religious rights of parents, children, and taxpayers” is challenging the state’s science standards because they include the teaching of evolution, which the group claims is a religion and therefore should be excluded from science class.

As the AP reports, Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) claims that public schools “promote a ‘non-theistic religious worldview’ by allowing only ‘materialistic’ or ‘atheistic’ explanations to scientific questions.” The group argues that by teaching evolution “the state would be ‘indoctrinating’ impressionable students in violation of the First Amendment.”

COPE’s challenge [PDF] states that the teaching of evolution “amounts to an excessive government entanglement with religion” and violates the rights of Christian parents.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/kansas-group-tries-remove-evolution-schools-claiming-science-religion#sthash.i8Ot9ADV.dpuf

[hobbit709]

1. If it's a religion, then the same fact based standards should be applied to their religion.

[bowens43]

2. believers are dangerous fools. these people should not be allowed to come in contact with children.

[rurallib]

3. Well then, so is math - especially algebra! Anything with facts

Get it out of school NOW!
If we all work hard we can soon be the stupidest, most ferful country ever!
Watch our bridges and buildings fall!