Time for the Creationism update:

Some days ago I posted about the Chicago area school district whose board president and one other candidate came out in support of teaching creationism in their district.

Well, we’re back in Chicago-land, and to another district:

All four Dist. 95 candidates back teaching creationism in science classes

All four candidates for the Lake Zurich Unit District 95 school board believe creationism should be taught alongside evolution in science classes.

One, Chris Wallace, went so far as to say creationism is fact and evolution is just a theory.

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Three of the candidates — Jim Burke, Doug Goldberg and Tony Pietro — are incumbents seeking additional four-year terms on the board. Wallace is a political newcomer.

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Opponents of the public-school teaching of creationism point to a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling barring creationism from science classes because it would serve as an endorsement of religion or a particular religious belief.

Other groups, including the Carol Stream-based Illinois Family Institute, support creationism’s introduction in school as a way to present both sides of an argument.
Pietro believes creationism should be taught in science class to give students “as much information as possible” about the origins of life. [TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!!]

“I think we can say this is a theory,” he said Thursday. “None of us were here when man was created.”
When the court rulings on the issue were mentioned, Pietro didn’t waver.

“When we teach (it), we need to say this is a theory,” he said.

Wallace took an even stronger stance on the issue.
“Creationism to me is factual,” he said. “Darwinism is a theory.”

As for court rulings against teaching creationism in science classes, Wallace said people must work within the law or change it.

Goldberg also emphatically supported adding creationism to the science curriculum.
“I’m a good, God-fearing American and the answer is ‘Yes,’” he said. “Clearly, religion in general is a big part of our daily lives as Americans. I believe that allowing a student to be exposed to the theory of creationism is a relevant and reasonable thing to do.”

Goldberg said he “hadn’t studied the legal ramifications” of the issue.

Burke also said “yes,” but not as enthusiastically as the other candidates. He acknowledged scientific evidence supports evolution.

“It’s not a belief, it’s proven fact,” Burke said. “I would hate to see the line between those two things blurred.”
If teaching creationism in science classes is unconstitutional, officials shouldn’t try to get around the law, he added.

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Creationism is alive and well in the hinterlands. That’s why Angle is following around that latest creationist movie, to all the first 4 primary/caucus states.