NEA's position in this debate has been firm. Most recently, our 1982 Representative Assembly made clear that NEA opposes all efforts to alter the science curricula in any way that would place the teaching of scientific creationism on an equal footing with the teaching of evolution.
While the National Education Association believes that educational materials should accurately portray the influence of religion in our nation and throughout the world, we also believe that for American education to flourish, religious dogma must neither guide nor hamper the pursuit of knowledge by students and teachers in our public schools.
The public teacher's union has a firm position that discounts scientific creationism as being on equal footing with atheistic evolutionary science. It believes that religious dogma should not guide or hamper the pursuit of knowledge. Well, what about irreligious dogma guiding or hampering the pursuit of knowledge? We are asked to pay taxes to support teachers' salaries whose union is firmly opposed to any theistic understanding of science and yet if they teach science they will need to mention famous scientists who were theists. This statement itself should be considered unconstitutional because we have state and public supported teachers whose agenda is atheism and evolution and who are firmly opposed to any theistic possibility.
