LB182
1 ...freedom of belief and speech for students and parents,

2 ...because it undermines their religious convictions and

3 ...moral or philosophical values, compels their

4 ...unconscionable professions of belief, and hinders

5 ...religious training and oral training by parents;

6 .............(6) Public school presentation of only

7 ...evolution-science furthermore abridges the United States

8 ...Constitutions's prohibition against establishment of

9 ...religion, because it produces hostility toward many

10 ...theistic religions and brings preferences to theological

11 ...liberalism, humanism, nontheistic religions, and atheism,

12 ...and that these religious faiths generally include a

13 ...religious belief in evolution;

14 .............(7) Public school instruction in only

15 ...evolution-science also violates the principle of academic

16 ...freedom, because it denies students a choice betweeen

17 ...scientific models and instead indoctrinates them in

18 ...evolution-science alone;

19 .............(8) Presentation of only one model rather than

20 ...alternative scientific models of origins is not required

21 ...by any compelling interest of the state, and exemption of

22 ...such students from a course or class presenting only

23 ...evolution-science does not provide an adequate remedy

24 ...because of teacher influence and student pressure to

25 ...remain in that course or class;

26 .............(9) Attendance of those students who are at

27 ...public schools is compelled by law, and school taxes from

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