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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of teaching creationism in public schools. Scientific and legal arguments are made against this practice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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public schools teach the Christian doctrine of creationism alongside established scientific and biological curricula. This is a significant problem for a number of reasons, including the fact that creationism is
not a valid scientific theory by any reasonable standards, that such an inclusion in the curricula of public schools would violate the Constitutional mandate of the separation of church and
state, and that including creationism would take resources away from the teaching of legitimate science, thereby reducing American students ability to keep pace with students from other countries around the
world. Arguing this point, that creationism has no place being taught in public schools, will require drawing upon the rhetorical traditions of the argumentative essay. Chief among these requirements is
the need to back up ones assertions through "citing authorities" and "statistics" ("Developing", 2012). By appealing to external authorities for evidence backing up ones claims, one can increase the validity
of ones argument, and make a superior case for ones point. This being the case, it is necessary to present first a broad overview of the current legislative situation. At
present, a number of organizations on the religious right are campaigning to have creationism taught alongside evolution in public schools, ostensibly in the interest of superior scientific education (Boston, 2011).
Often, these bills have been packaged with initiatives to increase funding for teaching topics of legitimate scientific interest such as "global warming and human cloning", such that by approving these
legitimate scientific topics, states would also have to approve the illegitimate teaching of evolution (Boston, 2011). The first reason that creationism should not be taught in public schools is
that creationism does not qualify as a legitimate scientific theory. The rationale behind legislation to introduce teaching of evolution in a number of states, such as Florida, Texas, Missouri, Kentucky,
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