We’ve all heard of secular groups suing school districts because taxpayer money was being used to teach Creationism… but have you ever heard of the opposite happening?
A Creationist in Pennsylvania just lost a lawsuit in which he sued a local school district over the fact that evolution by natural selection — science — was being taught at public schools. Plaintiff Thomas J. Harclerode already lost a similar case nearly a decade ago; he tried again in 2016, lost that one as well, and now his appeal has also been tossed out.
Harclerode has asserted in his complaints that he “is a taxpayer…and is extremely distressed that part of his tax money is going to perpetuate (the theory of evolution) that has been scientifically discredited and that the knowledge proving it has been withheld from students.”
Harclerode’s peer-reviewed data showing how evolution has been “scientifically discredited” was, to everyone’s surprise I’m sure, not included in the lawsuit.
He went even further, stating that evolution is not only false but also has a “detrimental effect on society.” I assume he’s referring to Charles Darwin‘s Holy War of 1859 in which atheists massacred millions in the name of scientific advancement… oh wait, that never happened.
Read the full story at the Friendly Atheist Blog
