[ Just caught, accidentally, a segment on the local Fox News affiliate the DeKalb county has lost it's legal battle over the stickers they placed in science books stating the "evolution is only a theory, not a fact". The ruling, apparently, hinged on the fact that the stickers represented a linking of secular with religious, and thus violates the separation of church and state.

I, for one, think the stickers are silly, but mostly harmless. It is a theory. It's a really fucking good one and probably true, but I don't think it harms all that much. Possibly it causes less harm than the expenditure of money to defend against the lawsuit. Likewise, I'm not sure I agree with the camp that the church and state doctrine is violated every time anything secular touches on matters of faith. I think the far left can take this fight too far, honestly.

Still, more interesting were the comments from a couple of parents outside the school.

"I mean, I know they're gonna teach it... I wish they wouldn't, but I'm glad the stickers were removed." -DeeDee Cargle

I wish they had explored that further, because I'd like to know, honestly, why someone who's against the teaching of evolution would want them removed. I can see not wanting to spend the money on them on the first place, because they're pointless, but why spend more time and money taking them out?

"In a way it's hard, because you can't instill, like, the values we had, growin' up. Now it's like you have to explain everything." -Katherine Myles

Yeah. Anyway, I know a lot of people here were paying attention to this at some level, so here you go. -k]