GOD is back – at least in the science classrooms of rural America. The controversy over whether children should learn theological alternatives to the theory of evolution has reached feverish levels. Thirteen states are facing legal challenges over the issue. High-school biology textbooks in suburban Atlanta now carry stickers declaring “evolution is a theory not a fact”. The school board in Dover, a town in Pennsylvania, has made the creationist theory of “intelligent design” mandatory in the biology curriculum.
The flare-up stems partly from the re-election of America’s God-friendly president, but also from a provision in the No Child Left Behind…
