Religion in Schools. CURRENT SITUATION (3)

This portion of Religion in Schools is titled the Current Situation because it mostly talks about the most recent complaints and concerns influenced by religion in public schools. Religious Right groups have been mentioned multiple times through out this section. Religious Right is a group formed by people who believe the proper way to learn has religious affiliations incorporated. They are fighting with all their heart for their children to learn about their religion while in public school. "People for the American Way more conservatively identified 283 school board candidates- and just under 100 winners- formally backed by religious-right groups in 1992 and 1993."

A case that was brought to my attention in this article was one of teaching creationism instead of evolution. "Fundamentalists board members in Vista tried three times last year to introduce creationism into high school science courses. Under threat of legal action from the local ACLU, the board backed off. Instead, the board adopted a resolution in August that says scientific theories should not be taught 'dogmatically' and that 'discussions of divine creation' should be included 'at appropriate times' in history or literature courses. Jordan Budd, staff counsel for the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial counties, calls the resolution 'meaningless' but says his group will go to court if teachers use the resolution to teach creationism." This is not the first case of problems with teaching creationism vs. evolution. Many people want their children to learn the story of the way the earth was made that goes along with their religion. But, other religions have different stories and then there is the scientific way of how the world was created as well, this is known as diesm.