[fnordfnordfnord]

> It also does not matter what schools anywhere teach if your children do not attend that school.

I'm afraid that I have to disagree. If a significant number of my neighbors' children are taught that the Earth is 6,000 years old, that blacks deserve scorn as penance for Cain's sin, and that the rapture's arrival is to be expected nigh on any moment now; that is a problem for myself, my children, and everyone in my community. People who believe those things support public policy that is incompatible with the type of place that I want to live.

[jswinghammer]

So maybe you want to live in a society where public policy has nothing to do with the age of the universe. Let's do that. That sounds good.

[fnordfnordfnord]

I don't think I understand your reply, but, not basing public policy on ideas about our world which are clearly wrong is important to me.

[jswinghammer]

I meant to say that maybe having public policy that even remotely relates to these topics is a huge mistake.