Looks like Bush and Ashcroft have lost another battle to have Genesis placed in science classes :

The Bush administration has stepped back from a another clash over religion’s place in society, as the Justice Department quietly dropped a probe of a university professor who is actively promoting Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

What nobody seems to be mentioning about this story is that the professor’s guidelines never mention the word “evolution” at all. The question students are asked to answer is “How do you account for the scientific origin of the human species?” If creationism was a valid scientific theory like its proponents claim it is, then they shouldn’t have any problem answering this question. The fact that they can’t answer it is just further proof of why creationism has no place in science education.

Another thing that deserves mention is the fact that the headline uses the term “Darwinist”. What the hell?! It’s obvious that the writer of this article buys into the whole bullshit creationist argument that evolution is as much a religious theory as creationism is. I wonder if they refer to teachers who are “actively promoting” the law of gravity as “Newtonists”?

Finally, why is the justice department wasting its time opening up inquiries into science professors refusing to write letters of recommendation for students who don’t understand science? Don’t they have some cancer patients to throw in jail or something?