do not worry , US will bring educated immigrants from India, China and Eastern Europe when high - skilled workforce will be needed ) .Someone will still have to know how the stuff works!

The way I see it is that the people of Louisiana voted in Jindal to propagate these very ideals. Jindal is quite possibly one of the most extreme christian fundamentalist politicians I have ever seen (he touts no exceptions for abortion, not even in the case of incest or rape).

Thus the people of Louisiana have asked for this, let them have it. Personally I would have no problem with creationism being taught as an alternative explanation to existence. Those inclined to science will reject it anyhow.

Once again this comes down to the issue of the seperation of church and state. How can creationism be taught without referencing the Bible and God? It can't!

If you want your children to learn about creationism, teach it at home or send them to Sunday school. Just keep religion out of the public classroom.

I agree with Gov. Jindal. I think that the local school boards should have the say in what they teach. It is far better that the local government determines what the local people want. We are a land of diverse people. What works in Boston, is not going to work in New Orleans.

I am a Christian, and I believe that creationism and evolution should be taught equally, because it is my belief that they worked simultaneously. But of course that is a personal preference; I think the bigger issue here is the control of our government, over local issues and giving back the people their God given say in their lives.

The United States of America is a huge nation, and I believe that it is unreasonable for one body of men to determine every little thing for the whole. If we would trust the people to speak their minds and institute their will, I think that there would be far less dissent among us.
It is only in recent history that we have allowed such rebellious actions to take hold of our government. I remember as a child saying our prayer in the morning upon arriving at school, The Pledge of Allegiance and then we listened to the announcements for the day. At lunch time, we said a nondenominational prayer of thanks. And that was the extent of “church” in the classroom. I lived in many places growing up, Boston, Washington DC and Utah. The above schedule took place everyday throughout my primary and secondary education. It was the same schedule my parents held and their parents before them.

I believe that this system was set up by the founding fathers, when there were only 13 colonies. We do not have the same values and morals and principals that existed just a short 60 years ago. The people really don’t have a say in our society anymore. Just look at how the Primaries are being manipulated. An honest person has no chance at becoming the President of this great nation. You must be in someone’s hip pocket, and be forever in debt for the funds you are given by the special interest groups.

I say BRAVO to Gov. Jindal. I say give Louisiana a chance to show this nation what is possible when we put some power back in the hands of the people, the local people, where one vote can truly be one vote. We survived with this method for several hundreds of years. I think that we the people may like what we see, when the silent majority is given the chance to be heard. We have allowed the special interest groups to take over our precious land. I have faith in the American people. It is not too late to restore this nation to the values on which it was founded.

Originally posted by maria_stardust
the issue of the seperation of church and state.

Of course you must realize that this "issue" isn't actually mentioned in any law or in the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution only states that Congress can't make laws to restrict religion. Look hard at the Constitution and you won't find the word "seperation" in there anywhere.

I think that this is a very bad decision on the part of the Louisiana government, like they don't have enough problems already without this idiocy.
to all the proponents of creationism being thought in schools, the problem isn't that creationism will be taught (it already is in world and comparative religion classes), but that people want it taught in science classes. think about teaching this in a science class for a minute, the teacher would have to go from teaching about astronomy, geology, the speed of light ect, to saying that all our accumulated knowledge is wrong and everything that was taught through out the year was BS so you did all that homework for nothing.

I posted this on another thread.
If you want to teach creationism fine, this is how you do it:

"The theory of intelligent design states that an omnipotent being created the universe and everything in it for reasons we cannot, and are not meant to, comprehend. There is no quantifiable evidence to support this theory, there are no hypotheses that can be proven or disproven using this theory, and it offers no predictive ability for any past, present or future events. OK, now let's move on to the theory of evolution."