Christine O'Donnell is batshit crazy

We claimed no perfection. The USA never made the claim that we are perfect or that our documentations are perfect (even though some people think it is, it was never claimed). We don't claim to be unquestionable or sacred. The fact we are allowed to add changes to the constitution(s), basically proves this.



This video kind of explains it. Just replace "creationism" with "intelligent design". It basically begs the question "why not teach them all?". I mean if Tom Cruise came out and asked the same questions regarding Scientology, or someone else did about voodoo or Islam they'd either be laughed out of the court room or called fascist for trying to impose their beliefs. The only reason this is even being considered is because it gets some BS special pass because the majority of people in this country want to attribute it to their religion. My personal opinion is that I don't think we should detour the advancement of science for human comfort (no that does not mean I am for the extreme things like forced human experimentation). As well if parent want their children to have a Religious based education, send them to Religions based schools (there's a lot of them to choose from).

First off, I'm not quite sure how people are taking this, but I am not in any way trying to rationalize any theory as to why life exists or anything like that. My interest is not to prove or disprove anything (besides, I'd get nowhere anyway if I did). All that I believe is that people ought to be allowed to teach what they want to teach (unless it is obviously something as hurtful as, say, antisemitism, racism, etc.).

The way I'm seeing it is that the localized people should be able to choose what they want to teach. The schools are public, which means they should generally follow the guidelines the public sets for them. The basic principle in this country is that the majority rules, but it does not deny the rights of minorities in doing so. By allowing the majority to teach what they want to teach, while still providing something to the minority, you are doing what the country was sort of founded upon. Just like, atm, states are given the power to govern their schools. If Californians want to teach something that the people in NY don't, then the Californians teach what they want to teach and the New Yorkers don't. No harm no foul. Regardless of how you feel about how irrational the beliefs may be, if they don't hurt anyone then they are fine.

As for the religious school thing, I don't feel that is fair. As it stands, everyone has to pay taxes. Your taxes are going to fund your child's education if they are in public schooling. To say "if you want your kids to learn creationism/intelligent design then go to a religious school" is a bit unfair to that taxpayer. Essentially they're having to pay far more for their child's education (as most religious schools aren't free because they can't receive governmental funding). If you're paying for it, you ought to be given the chance to vote what your money goes towards. Maybe a fair solution would be to give tax cuts to people who opt to send their kids to religious schools. Then public schools continue to teach what they teach, and people who want their children can send their kids to a religious school without it being a huge cost burden. Basically these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_voucher