A group with the deeply Orwellian name Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) have lost their lawsuit to stop the Kansas State Board of Education teaching evolution.

If this sounds familiar, it is because we have been here before. Quite a few times, actually. However, in defiance of their ideology, creationists keep evolving new approaches in response to the courts' determination that you can't will away a mountain of scientific evidence based on your interpretation of a single ancient book.

The cause of this latest flare-up is a result of the Next Generation Science Standards drawn up by 26 states in cooperation with the National Research Council. The standards are based on the idea that, “Science—and therefore science education—is central to the lives of all Americans, preparing them to be informed citizens in a democracy and knowledgeable consumers.” As previous guidelines for science standards are at least 15 years old, it was considered time for an update.

COPE's novel argument was that evolution promotes atheism, whose teaching violates the separation of the church and state.
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COPE's novel argument was that evolution promotes atheism, whose teaching violates the separation of the church and state.