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http://www.evolutionnews.org/2007/05/whos_causing_division_in_publi003541.html

1. **Most school districts presently teach only the scientific evidence which supports Darwinian evolution and nothing more on this topic.**

2 **In fact, polls consistently show that Americans want more than just the pro-evolution side of the story taught in schools**

3 **A 2005 Harris poll found that 82% of Americans want alternatives to evolution taught**

4 **A 2006 Zogby poll corroborated that statistic, finding that a supermajority of Ohio adults want both scientific evidence for and against evolution taught, and 75% of Americans want intelligent design taught alongside evolution**.

5 **In both polls, under 20% wanted only the evidence for evolution taught.**

6 **It appears that the status quo goes against what the vast majority of Americans want. This seems like a likely candidate for what is causing community division.**


 * 7 Ironically, a recent law review student note in //Georgetown Law Journal// suggests that the intelligent design be outlawed because it is "deeply divisive":**

8 **The facts show that Americans don't want only the pro-evolution scientific evidence taught.**

9 **They want the scientific evidence both for and against evolution presented in schools.**

10 **It seems more likely that pro-evolution-only policies are a greater cause of community strife because they go against what Americans so clearly desire.**

11 **such laws were based on religious beliefs and therefore violated the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state. **

12 **Since then, creationists have focused on two strategies for undermining the teaching of evolution in the schools. **

13 **The first is to pass laws forcing schools to teach creation science as well as evolution.**

14 **The second involves pressuring school boards to drop evolution from school curricula or change the way it is taught.**

15** A strategy was enacted in 1981, when Arkansas passed a law requiring the teaching of creation science wherever evolution was taught. Federal courts struck down the law, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to introduce religion into public school curricula.**