The teaching of evolution in public school has been a highly debated topic. We all learned about the "scopes monkey trial" where John Scopes was arrested for teaching about evolution in a Tennessee public school in 1925. Since then there have been numerous court cases and lawsuits brought upon schools for the teaching of either creationism or evolution. While they are both theories, evolution is backed up by both morphological and molecular evidence. Creationism is supported by the bible, but holds little merit from a scientific point of view.
The separation of church and state was clearly defined by our founding fathers in the First Amendment to the Constitution. Therefore, the teaching of a theory that is only backed up by the bible should be prohibited. Recently, the Kansas school board decided that along with evolution, they would begin to teach the theory of "intelligent design." This was simply a re-worded form of creationism.
The following website was created when a parent of a Kansas school student wrote a letter to the Board of education asking them to consider the teaching of his theory of "creation." His "Flying Spaghetti Monster" is backed up by more evidence than intelligent design. He even includes charts and graphs.
