Evolution now conflicted with theological beliefs.

Dear Editor: What started off as a simple question of whether evolution is a theory or a fact quickly escalated into the more complex issue of whether teaching evolution but mentioning that there might be alternatives to the evolution theory is in violation of the constitution.

There is no more evidence that evolution is realistic and factual than there is that the fairy tales, 'Jack and the Bean Stalk,' and 'Tales of Uncle Remus,' among others, are realistic. Albert Einstein called his Theory of Relativity a theory, and not a Fact of Relativity, for the simple reason that he realized it was a theory and not a proven fact. Einstein knew the difference, which puts him one up on the courts.

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