Oregon teacher fired after veering from evolution textbook

[Skunks]

Originally Posted by Flint

Evolution can "legitimately stand on its own" according to an indisputable concensus, based on an overwhelming preponderance of evidence. It is under no threat from creationist claptrap, in the minds of educated adults. But we're talking about schoolchildren here, who are in a Science class. A transparent agenda to promote religious dogma is in no possible way "an alternative point of view" in a Science class.

I don't mean to say that what he did was right; simply that highschool students should be beyond the "impressionable" stage. To the point, at least, that a few bogus ideas will not 'pollute' them.