Can science teachers teach creationism if their school district adopts a course textbook that promotes creationism?
No. Requiring the teaching of creationism in science classes of public schools is unconstitutional. Moreover, Indiana Superior Court Judge Michael T. Dugan ruled in Hendren v. Campbell (1977) that creationism-based biology textbooks such as Biology: A Search for Order in Complexity advance a specific religious perspective, and that the use of such books would ensure “the prospect of biology teachers and students alike being forced to answer and respond to continued demand for correct fundamentalist Christian doctrine in public schools.” It is unconstitutional to solely adopt a science course textbook that promotes creationism because such textbooks are sectarian in content and entangle the state with religion. 19. Can science teachers be required by school administrators to read aloud a disclaimer saying that their teaching of evolution is not meant to dissuade students from accepting the biblical version of creation? In Freiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education (1999), the Fifth
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