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Public schools in the United States (view source)
Revision as of 01:46, July 31, 2017
, 01:46, July 31, 2017→Suppression and intolerance of alternative views: This is relevant. Just because a court says it does not make it constitutionally correct.
==Suppression and intolerance of alternative views==
==Suppression and intolerance of alternative views==
Several courts, including the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], have ruled that teaching [[creationism]]<ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/482/578/case.html</ref> and [[intelligent design]]<ref>http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf</ref>{{dead link}} in public schools is unconstitutional because they claim that such teachings would amount to a government establishment of religion, which is prohibited by the First Amendment.<ref>''See'' ''Kitzmiller'', 400 F.Supp.2d at 765</ref> Hypocritically, nothing has been done to remove the religions of Secular Humanism and Islam from the schools.
Several courts, including the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], which frequently engage in [[judicial activism]], have ruled that teaching [[creationism]]<ref>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/482/578/case.html</ref> and [[intelligent design]]<ref>http://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf</ref>{{dead link}} in public schools is unconstitutional because they claim that such teachings would amount to a government establishment of religion, which is prohibited by the First Amendment.<ref>''See'' ''Kitzmiller'', 400 F.Supp.2d at 765</ref> Hypocritically, nothing has been done to remove the religions of Secular Humanism and Islam from the schools.
==Educational outcomes==
==Educational outcomes==