Somewhere I read that our personal freedom comes from our acceptance of others. Or, put another way, our personal freedom comes from letting go of our desire to control others.

This is where it gets interesting.

I've no desire to control Iky and the other Creationist idjits.

They, however, will tell you that because I am against them crippling the science education of an entire nation by foisting their medievalist crap on a generation of schoolkids, I am trying to control them.

In other words, because I do not wish my children's children to be controlled by such errant nonsense, I am somehow intolerant.

Given that they worship the ultimate stalker, I suppose such passive-aggressivity is to be expected.

Any attempt to present a religious belief system as fact in our educational system would be totally inappropriate.

I am against them crippling the science education of an entire nation by foisting their medievalist crap on a generation of schoolkids

It must be the crowd you run with.

I am not sure even Happy Camper would have advocated teaching it in school. Why? There is a place for that that works for those believers and it is not public schools.