.......LB182
1 ...their parents and other citizens are mandated by law;
2 .............(10) Creation-science is an alternative science
3 ...model of origins and can be presented from a strictly
4 ...scientific standpoint without any religious doctrine just
5 ...as evolution-science and because there are scientists
6 ...who conclude that scientific data best support
7 ...creation-science and because scientific evidences and
8 ...inferences have been presented for creation-science;
9 .............(11) public school presentation of both
10 ...evolution-science and creation-science would not violate
11 ...the United States Constitution's prohibition against
12 ...establishment of religion, because it would involve
13 ...presentation of the scientific evidences and related
14 ...inferences for each model rather than any religions
15 ...instruction: and
16 .............(12) most citizens, whatever their religious
17 ...beliefs about origins, favor balanced treatment in public
18 ...schools of alternative scientific models of origins for
19 ...better guiding students in their search for knowledge,
20 ...and they favor a neutral approach toward subjects
21 ...affecting the religious and moral and philosophical
22 ...convictions of students.
23 .............Sec. 3. The Legislature enacts this act for
24 ...public schools with the purpose of protecting academic
25 ...freedom for students' differing values and beliefs,
26 ...insuring neutrality toward students' diverse religious
27 ...convictions, insuring freedom of religious exercise for
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