Editorial - The Cons of Creationism, as Texas Takes Up the Issue - NYTcom

Editorial - The Cons of Creationism, as Texas Takes Up the Issue - Editorial - NYTimes.com: "The Texas State Board of Education is again considering a science curriculum that teaches the “strengths and weaknesses” of evolution, setting an example that several other states are likely to follow. This is code for teaching creationism.

It has the advantage of sounding more balanced than teaching “intelligent design,” which the courts have consistently banned from science classrooms. It has the disadvantage of being nonsense."