Should Creationism Be Taught in Public Schools?

Some parts of creationism should be taught, but other parts should not be taught in public school mainly because it is unfair to those of us who are not Christian (like me.) Personally, if the whole thing was taught at my highschool, the teacher and I would not get along very well because it is against my beliefs and I would speak up about it. The parts of creationism that would make me do this are better left to be taught to the Christian private schools or taught in Sunday school, or even during biblical studies. The U.S. is a nation of free religion, they shouldn't teach Christianity without teaching everything else. My friends and I have discussed religion a lot so I realize their side in this, but if you take a moment and look at someone else's view, you can see the problems this would create.

Both sides of my family came to America for religious freedom... One from the war in Ireland, the other from the holocaust. This land stands for freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of press, freedom of the right to petition government for a redress of grievances, and mainly freedom of religion. You cannot take that away and teach only two sides of an enormous story. Just because Christianity is the main religion in this nation (73%,) doesn't mean you can just teach biblical creationism.

Public schools do not have only Christian students. I am only one out of a least 100 (out of 300 total students) who are not Christian at my middle school. Just keep that in mind.

Tamara of GA 7:14PM November 08, 2012