Evolution prevails: The teaching of creationism in science classrooms has been banned in the UK.Courtesy Mark RyanThe government of the United Kingdom has banned the teaching of creationism as science in all academies and public schools. This is good news for the kids of Great Britain. In the newly added clauses, the UK government identifies creationism as:

"[A]ny doctrine or theory which holds that natural biological processes cannot account for the history, diversity, and complexity of life on earth and therefore rejects the scientific theory of evolution. The parties acknowledge that creationism, in this sense, is rejected by most mainstream churches and religious traditions, including the major providers of state funded schools such as the [Anglican] [Catholic] Churches, as well as the scientific community. It does not accord with the scientific consensus or the very large body of established scientific evidence; nor does it accurately and consistently employ the scientific method, and as such it should not be presented to pupils at the Academy as a scientific theory.“

Unfortunately, despite several court victories, evolution proponents here in the good, old USA continuously have to battle against a constant barrage of anti-science legislation that creationists keep trying to insert into public school science classrooms in several US states. This really needs to change.

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