LB1821 ...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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