And restricting teaching evolution and replacing it with the "science" of creationism is more proof that this is not yet a secular age.

Fifty-six years ago in Tennessee a teacher named Charles Scopes was convicted in a court case of teaching evolution to his pupils.

In 1985, the organization reviewed major biology texts and found 50 percent of them did an inadequate job of teaching evolution.

Scopes had volunteered to be the vehicle for a challenge of the Butler Act, a Tennessee law that prohibited teaching evolution in the state's schools.

Republicans retained control of the state Board of Education, but critics of teaching evolution lost their majority.

One response from an opponent of teaching evolution: Extremely unlikely.

Proponents of teaching evolution argue that biblical teachings cannot be tested by scientific methods and do not belong in a science classroom.

Other advocates of teaching evolution are making the case that a person can believe both in God and the scientific method.

CASE The crime of teaching evolution rather than creationism in the public schools.

And in districts around the country teachers often know that teaching evolution is likely to result in complaints from fundamentalist parents.