Should Creationism Be Taught in Public Schools?
Should the Study of Creationism be Permitted to be Taught in Public Schools? Being the United States of America, people say this is supposed to be “The Land of the Free,” but why is there are rules on what should be allowed to be taught in the public school system? According to the United States Constitution, here in America we have the right to practice any religion that is best suited for what we believe in. Clearly this means that any man, woman, or child could worship what they seem fit for them. Did you know that in 2012 that 78% of all Americans claimed to be a practicing the faith of Christianity? This means that almost 3 in every 4 Americans believe in a form of Creationism. So why is that students across the country are being forced into learning the theory of Evolution? Is this fair of justified to people who believe in the Creationism? Absolutely not fair because this belief should be a choice that a student and his or her parents can make for themselves. Why are public schools not allowed to offer an optional course on the belief of Creationism or even make this a class one can take the place of a science class? Teaching this class can help families who cannot afford to send their children to private school to gain a similar experience. In addition many students can have a better understanding of the religion and parents should be able to agree on what they find right for their child. Then we have people who don’t have care towards the fact of the belief of Creationism. These people like to make sure that nothing with the bible has anything to do with anything to do with anything that is government funded or even anything that is in the public. While it only takes one person to deem this teaching unsuitable and then a whole line of people will jump on the bandwagon. Usually then people begin start with all the reasons this class should not be offered at public schools. Some of the reasons on why they don’t agree on why the belief of Creationism
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