SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE

Reuters reports that a growing number of Americans are anti-science. To bolster the anti-science claim the report cites the unfortunate case of Terri Schiavo and an outlandish example of fundamentalist brainwashing:

The school board of Dover, Pennsylvania, is being sued by parents backed by the American Civil Liberties Union after it ordered schools to read students a short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.

The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternative theory and recommended students to read a book that explained the theory further.

Jesus H Christ, what about the kiddies' constitutional right not to read?