With an expensive and painful lawsuit on religion in public schools in Cranston, RI just behind us, one has to wonder, "WTF, Indiana?"
A bill to teach creationism in public schools has passed senate. If this bill passes, it will undoubtedly lead to nothing but lawsuits to have it revoked. It's obviously unconstitutional. So why bother?
I get a sneaking suspicion upon seeing the outrage that is going on in Cranston, that for the religious right this is a win/win situation. If the bill is passed and it goes to court and wins, they get to teach fairytale garbage in schools, and open the door to propose similar legislation in other states. If they lose, they get to point their fingers squarely at atheists and liberals and accuse us of "wasting school's money" fighting it in court instead of just sitting idly by and letting them have their way. Even though common sense tells any sane person that the money wasted in RI was not the fault of Jessica Ahlquist or anyone but the school who refused to follow the law and listen to reason, fingers are still being pointed in her direction. This will be no different.
Once again, the religious right in America are flaunting their supposed entitlement and making it a point to put the nonbelievers in their place. So, how do we deal with this?
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