I, personally, can not see why the idea of God and other religions should not be taught in the classroom (I don’t mean preaching, but simply exposing children and young adults to the idea of a supreme being and morals). We say that we want for all students to have a well-balanced education, that is why we have so many required courses and standardized tests that dictate what courses students can take. How can we, as a people, believe this and yet leave out many subjects such as religion and even the Civil War in some cases? How can we deny children the right to learn a vast variety of sciences, when we preach educational balance?

Many people will accept the teaching of evolution, but would never stand for the teaching of the Creation Theory. The most published book in the world is the Holy Bible, but you don’t find this book in classrooms around the nation. Evolution is an attempt to explain how we, as a human race, came to be. Well, religion attempts to explain how we came to be and what our purpose is here on earth. Even though these two subjects are clearly both sciences attempting to explain the same exact aspect of life, one is seen as unconstitutional, thanks to Atheists, paranoids, and our Supreme Court. I can’t see how people of this country can say that they believe in freedom, when in fact they attempt to control generations to come by a very effective variation of fascism. How can people be well rounded when others are dictating what can and can not be learned?

Evolution and religion are both sciences, and I say that they both should be taught, or neither should be taught. Teaching religion and God does not, and never will, force people to believe in any religion. If that was so, teaching all government types would automatically mean that those taught would believe in every type of government and that every one is the best. That is not so. It is merely exposing many possibilities to people. I, also, believe that religion courses should be offered in schools. This class should not be a required one, and should cover all major religions. The only exception I would accept would be if there were enough of these courses to cover all the major religions. This, being an elective class, could spare those who dislike the creation theory, but, also, allow a balance in the curriculum.

If we were to deem all offensive subjects unconstitutional, we wouldn’t be able to teach, or do anything. I am offended by people getting divorces when the problems could’ve been worked out, people sleeping with anyone they please, married or not, and foul language, but that is peoples free will, I shouldn’t be able to force my opinions on everyone by deeming everyone else’s actions unconstitutional. Doing so is unconstitutional. Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and the press must be preserved. Everyone must be entitled to his or her own opinion, or else we might as well appoint a dictator; without our first amendment, no equality exists, and freedom is lost. We mustn’t loose sight of what our founders fought so hard for. Our country was not assembled to be a Fascist Representative Democracy, and lets keep it that way!