National Center for Science Education
"A parent of a Jefferson County student has filed a federal lawsuit against local, state and federal education officials claiming the teaching of evolution, which he says is a religion, violates his child’s Constitutional rights," reports the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail (May 21, 2015).
In a complaint (PDF) filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia on May 12, 2015, Kenneth Smith contends that teaching evolution in West Virginia's public school constitutes "the propagation of religious faith" and that it hinders his daughter's ability to enter college and to become a veterinarian.
Listed as defendants are the Jefferson County School Board; Michael Martirano, the West Virginia state superintendent of schools; Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health; Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education; and the Department of Education itself. Smith is representing himself.
In his complaint, Smith contends that the defendants "wrongfully violated established clauses" — presumably a reference to the Establishment Clause — in continuing to allow evolution to be taught "[w]hile denying the Plaintiff's accurate scientific mathematical system of genetic variations that proves evolution is a religion."
Smith is apparently the author of The True Origin of Man (iUniverse, 2013), which "represents the truth of mans [sic] origins confirmed by DNA mathematical and scientific facts." The about-the-author line explains, "Kenneth Smith after gaining his science degree has spent many years thereafter studying theology and made the ultimate discovery."
The complaint concludes by asking the court to "declare the policy of evolution, as to be violating of United States Constitutional Amendments" (presumably the First, prohibiting any government establishment of religion, and the Fourteenth, requiring state governments to abide by the restrictions of the Bill of Rights).
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From amazon.com, Smith's book:
The True Origin of Man
Second review: "I got the sample because was curious to see what kind of delusional world this man inhabits. Here's how far I got: Adam and Eve were pure white with snow white hair and blue eyes because they looked like God and that's what he looks like. Cain's wife was an ape and their children were the first dark haired people. My brain started aching and told my curiousity enough already; that's a few minutes of my life I won't get back. I may have nightmares knowing there are people with this mentality trying to tell schools what to teach."
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I hope no one ever finds a cure for the republican mind.
"A parent of a Jefferson County student has filed a federal lawsuit against local, state and federal education officials claiming the teaching of evolution, which he says is a religion, violates his child’s Constitutional rights," reports the Charleston, West Virginia, Daily Mail (May 21, 2015).
In a complaint (PDF) filed with the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia on May 12, 2015, Kenneth Smith contends that teaching evolution in West Virginia's public school constitutes "the propagation of religious faith" and that it hinders his daughter's ability to enter college and to become a veterinarian.
Listed as defendants are the Jefferson County School Board; Michael Martirano, the West Virginia state superintendent of schools; Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health; Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education; and the Department of Education itself. Smith is representing himself.
In his complaint, Smith contends that the defendants "wrongfully violated established clauses" — presumably a reference to the Establishment Clause — in continuing to allow evolution to be taught "[w]hile denying the Plaintiff's accurate scientific mathematical system of genetic variations that proves evolution is a religion."
Smith is apparently the author of The True Origin of Man (iUniverse, 2013), which "represents the truth of mans [sic] origins confirmed by DNA mathematical and scientific facts." The about-the-author line explains, "Kenneth Smith after gaining his science degree has spent many years thereafter studying theology and made the ultimate discovery."
The complaint concludes by asking the court to "declare the policy of evolution, as to be violating of United States Constitutional Amendments" (presumably the First, prohibiting any government establishment of religion, and the Fourteenth, requiring state governments to abide by the restrictions of the Bill of Rights).
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From amazon.com, Smith's book:
The True Origin of Man
Second review: "I got the sample because was curious to see what kind of delusional world this man inhabits. Here's how far I got: Adam and Eve were pure white with snow white hair and blue eyes because they looked like God and that's what he looks like. Cain's wife was an ape and their children were the first dark haired people. My brain started aching and told my curiousity enough already; that's a few minutes of my life I won't get back. I may have nightmares knowing there are people with this mentality trying to tell schools what to teach."
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I hope no one ever finds a cure for the republican mind.
