Law like science is always tentative 
Come on… The opportunity to discuss evolution is in the science class. Are you suggesting that the teacher of a philosophy class would be suitable to guide and adjudicate the discussion? We can go with that, but who knows where the opinions will end up without some science teacher there?
It seems like a bit of a free-for-all, whereas the conversation would be more profitable in the science class. Still, I agree with you that philosophy should be mandatory.
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I think the NCSE is partially a religious organization. I went to one of their meetings with the local San Francisco bay area atheists organization and saw the joint planning going on. They are clearly pushing a secular world view.
Why do we need any advocacy groups pushing the education material.
I agree with you both sides should have a say in what goes on.
The claims of evolution have been maintained because it is seen as a God substitute. I think this is very bad for science. Its truth (the grand claims of evolution UCD etc) is based on assumption and not tested science yet sold as fact.
The only think worse is having one religious organization controlling all the content
Please elaborate? How is NCSE partically a religious organization? You are not going to claim atheism is a religion, are you? Tell me more of this San Francisco meeting. What groups sponsored it?
I hope you are not conflating secularism (no religion) with atheism (opinion that there is no God). Secular organizations are not atheist organizations.
Are you claiming it is not?
Do you think Atheists are more responsible in overseeing educational content the Theists?
The meeting was arranged by the NCSE and was to update the local Atheist organization on evolutionary theory and have an open discussion how to push acceptance of the theory in the community.
Of course atheism is not a religion. It is merely an opinion that the Christian God and all other gods don’t exist.
I really think that you are conflating atheism with secular humanism. There are relatively few atheist organizations but thousands of secular humanist organizations and even more purely secular organizations.
NCSE is by bylaws a secular organization dedicated to the advance of science education in the United States. It is bylaws neutral on the existence or absence of God.
That is not true according to leading atheists. One of the key contributions of the New Atheists has been creating religious practice around atheism.
They are not true atheists. They are AINOs (Atheist in Name Only) They defile true atheism. If we had any doctrine, dogma or creed, they would be violating them. 
I refuse to pray for them. May nobody have mercy on their non-existent soul. 
But we love them and wish them a life full of happiness, meaning, and purpose. 
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They include Dawkins my friend.
Richard sure gets around. I am sure he will appear on Peaceful Science for somewhere between $15,000 and $25,000 an hour.
I hope he wouldnt attempt to take money from a poor scientist like me. Maybe he will make a contribution? Don’t we all want a more peaceful scientific society?
What is an orthodox atheist?
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Dawkins is now a business enterprise. Just like Hawkings was.
I love this. Sounds like what the Catholics and Protestants went through. I advise against a holy war
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An orthodox atheist is an atheist who can speak the following with no errors in pronunciation in seven seconds or less:
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
Why in the world is focused on only one area of only one of the sciences? Along with global warming?
Because that is where the Christian Right continues to insert religious beliefs into the sciences - Evolution and Climate Chance. Note that there is no issues with the description of gravity in textbooks or medical sciences (save some anti-vaccines, homeopathic medicine, and faith healers).
But the latest issue in California revolves around the banning of Gay Conversion Therapy for children. Guess who is not in favor of a ban?
Exactly. As Josh said both sides need to have an input into this. Open debate is healthy especially when conflicting ideologies are involved.