Federal Judge Rejects Anti-Evolution Lawsuit Concocted By Kansas Creationists

by Stephen D Foster Jr.

Wingnut “christians” must be fuming in Kansas after a federal judge nixed their latest effort to ban evolution in schools.
In response to all Kansas school districts adopting a standardized science curriculum known as Next Generation Science Standards that includes the teaching of evolution, creationists across the state threw a collective temper tantrum, with one wingnut cabal even going so far as to file a lawsuit to ban evolution based on the claim that it promotes atheism.
Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) actually had the nerve to argue that teaching evolution amounts to teaching atheism, and therefore should be banned as a religious point of view in the classroom. But as Americans United For Cult And State explained, the argument is complete bullshit.

Everything about that argument is flawed. Contemplating the origin of life on this planet is not an inherently religious question that is unfit for children to ponder. And science has done a fine job of unlocking the mysteries of the universe – despite COPE’s claim to the contrary. Evolution may be a theory, but no legitimate scientists question its validity. Thus learning the facts of that theory is not “indoctrination.” It’s called education.

US District Judge Daniel Crabtree agreed, because he threw out the case.
The question of whether creationism should be taught in school has been long settled for 30 years, since the Supreme Court ruled in Edwards v. Aguillard that religious doctrine does not belong in science class. The reason for the new standards in the first place is because educators are making a push to improve the math and science scores of American students so that they can compete with the rest of the developed world. Evolution is not a religion, it’s a fact that is backed by mountains of evidence. To view some of that evidence, just watch this video explaining how multiple fields of scientific study agree that evolution is real.
That ought to enrage wingnuts just as much as this court decision.