Springboro, Ohio, District Considers Teaching Creationism

[doggie]

I guess they are not even trying to hide it. Even trying to go against parents.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/2 ... 33047.html

The Springboro, Ohio, school board is currently considering a proposal that would allow the district to teach creationism, despite objections from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and local parents.

The issue, which was discussed at Thursday night’s board meeting, is part of a larger proposal that would open up a variety of controversial issues for classroom discussion. According to the proposal, “ex education, legalization of drugs, evolution/creation, pro-life/abortion, contraception/abstinence, conservatism/liberalism, politics, gun rights, global warming and climate change and sustainable development†would be considered suitable classroom topics, reports local news outlet WHIO-TV.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sent a letter asking the district to drop the proposal that would “advance creationism in the classroom."

“When public schools teach their preferred religious ideology as fact, it sends a message that the school supports one religion over all others. This threatens the religious freedom of everyone,†ACLU of Ohio staff attorney Drew Dennis said in the letter.

The letter also noted the district's unsuccessful proposal to teach creationism in 2011. That plan was scrapped due to public pressure.

According to the Dayton Daily News, parents who attended the school board meeting urged officials to abandon the new proposal.

“We’re being defined by our issues and not our accomplishments,†said Lynn Greenberg, a local parent who feels the district's attempts to teach creationism distracts from students’ education.

However, school board member Jim Rigano told the outlet that he thought teaching creationism would help the district “ensure we’re not indoctrinating one point of view or another.â€

[Childless]

What creation story are they going to teach? There are multiple creation stories some still believed today and some not. If you teach one, you have to teach them all. Somehow, I think the idiots on the school board are planning on only teaching the creation story found in the Christian religion.

If you want your child to have a religious-based education than home school them or send them to a private religious school. That is why we have those options in this country. A government run school should not be in the business of indoctrinating children.