re: #1008 Charles
No — the reason why evolution is brought up so much is because conservative politicians keep trying to force and/or sneak the teaching of creationism into schools. If conservatives are being “beat up” over this, it’s because they bloody well deserve it.
And I agree with you completely that creationism should not be taught in schools but I will never be comfortable with the government being the final arbiter of scientific fact. It’s been wrong too many times.