Bible vs. science war rages on in classrooms

The Smirking Chimp: "Bible vs. science war rages on in classrooms | Posted on Monday, January 17 @ 09:08:32 EST By Tim Harper, Toronto Star

MARIETTA, Ga. - Jeff Selman is a self-described 'loud mouth,' a little guy from the South Bronx who made a lot of noise in the Deep South.
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So Selman, backed by his lawyer, Michael Manely, a liberal in a county that doesn't much cotton to liberals, waded into battle with the Cobb County creationists and the school board.

Selman challenged the board's right to place stickers in science texts challenging the theory of evolution, claiming it was an unconstitutional intrusion by organized religion on Georgia's education system. A federal judge agreed last week and ordered the stickers removed.

But both Selman and Manely know that was just one battle in a fight that, in some parts of the United States, has been raging for 80 years, since the 1925 trial of Tennessee teacher John Scopes who was charged with illegally teaching evolution.
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Wes McCoy, the chair of the science department at North Cobb High School, says he worries his graduates will be viewed with suspicion by university admissions officials because of the publicity surrounding his school board.

"This is driven by evangelicals and just plain conservatives who just don't like evolution," says McCoy.