Re: Challenges to teaching biology

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Davis" <tdavis@messiah.edu>
To: <dopderbeck@gmail.com>; "Keith Miller" <kbmill@ksu.edu>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Challenges to teaching biology

> If the
> courts won't give, and the ACLU won't give, then ultimately parents won't
> give--that is, they won't give tax dollars to public education in the long
> run. If we can't find a new box, the one we now have will be tossed aside
> de facto as this issue continues to fester.
>

How exacty can we "choose" not to give tax dollars for public education?
The last time I looked, they didnt deduct the tuition I pay for Christian
education from my tax bill. ;)

If you mean we can vote them out of office, I suspect that is possible, but
the judges that make the decisions regarding the unconstitutionality of
religion in schools are appointed for the most part, and not elected. I as
a parent feel that I have absolutely no choice in the matter in what is
taught in public schools, and cannot even conceive of a fiscal means to
change things. The options I see are to send kids to private schools (but
we still have to pay taxes), homeschooling, or public school with
"reeducation" at home regarding these issues.
Received on Mon Apr 3 18:31:25 2006