SaucerBosser

Are you so sure about evolution that you would use the might of the US to force everyone to learn it? (This is not meant to argue pro-creationism, but rather are you so confident that you are right that you would make it a law and use force to teach this to children?)

I appreciate your response, but that is a bit of a dodge. Regardless of what the law actually says, you do seem to be seeking, at the very least, enforce that law and use the force of government to spread your opinion and silence the opinion of others. Do you disagree that advocating creationism is free speech? Perhaps the problem is inherent in public education, because we leave it up to a singular authority to decide what is 'true'. Since what is 'true' for me isn't necessarily 'true' for you, would it not be more effective to reform public education in a manner so that one group doesn't have the authority to define what is 'true' for everyone?

But do you know for a fact that science is a universal truth? So called 'laws' of science are constantly disproven, this is how we reach scientific milestones. The heliocentric solar system model only came to be after the geocentric model was shown to be false.

I contend that it is more dangerous to allow an individual to define what is true, that is, what we are teaching the youth, rather than a few teachers who adhere to creationism.

Let me put this in another light. What if you advocated that schools stop teaching a certain political, economic, or philosophical subject, religion is certainly a philosophy. If socialism, communism, capitalism, democracy, or the divine right of kings are found to not adhere to the scientific method (because this is where you appear to derive your definition of truth from), should we then force them not to be taught in public schools? The ability to omit peoples opinions from education is a form brainwashing.

A step further would be, what if someone who gains the power to define curriculum doesn't agree with you that the scientific method defines what is true, but rather, what is true is a decree from God (or the President). Now that they have the power to define curriculum, they can censor your opinion from the education of countless youth (and no doubt portray your opinions as that of an outsider, outcast or in some other manner non-conforming to society).

Is it more dangerous to allow a few teachers to continue advocating creationism in schools, or is it more dangerous to allow a person or group of people to define what are youth are exposed to in terms of their education (and truth as it is in the minds of the youth)? Certainly you can see how this system has tremendous potential for abuse.

edit: I just wanted to add that this is very much untrue:

The government itself is bound by the Constitution and the 1st Amendment.

The government has had total disregard for the Constitution for some time now. A piece of paper has no power to enforce its will over men.