The University of California at Berkeley is being sued for running a website for school teachers called Understanding Evolution.
Anti-evolutionists claim that the site breaches the American constitution on the separation of church and state because it links to religious organisations which believe faith can be reconciled with Darwin's theory of evolution, reported the website Inside Higher Ed today.
Ok wait.. I thought that wasn't establishment
I'm all confused now guys. What do you mean?
Roy L. Caldwell, (no relation) a professor of integrative biology and director of the Museum of Paleontology at Berkeley, said the website was designed to help teachers - especially those who may feel pressure because of the current attacks on evolution - to explain the science behind evolution. The information about religious groups was strictly factual, he said.
Michael R. Smith, the assistant chancellor for legal affairs at Berkeley, said that the university would defend the lawsuit "with vigor and enthusiasm" and pointed out that the first amendment also enshrines the right to free speech.
Our culture of lawsuits is working to threaten our Liberties
and that has to stop.
I think pointing to those alternating viewpoints is a valid way to show students the full spectrum of ideas.
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