A case against the University of California was filed for violating the constitutional rights of Christian high school graduates whose science textbooks are considered inadequate preparation for college. The complaint was filed on August 25, 2005 in a federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the Calvary Chapel Christian School in Murrieta, California, and a some of the students from the school. Why? because of the guidelines/policy set by the University of rejecting coursework that uses textbooks published by A Beka Books and Bob Jones University Press, describing them as "inconsistent with the viewpoints and knowledge generally accepted in the scientific community." The complaint states this policy infringes on the plaintiffs' rights to "freedom of speech, freedom from viewpoint discrimination, freedom of religion and association, freedom from arbitrary discretion, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from hostility toward religion."
Today's guest, Samuel Alibrando, author of "Nature Never Stops Talking" (see sidebar "Reading This Week") talks about why teaching ID (Intelligent Design) and Creationism is such a hot subject not just in education but in the science community today, and how nature itself clearly answers the debate.
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Evaluation of neo-Darwinian Theory with Computer software
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