Five states now considering academic freedom bills

According to the Discovery Institute, giving teachers the right to raise the possibility that Darwin's theory might be wrong is a growing trend:

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Five states (MI, FL, LA, AL, MO) are currently considering adoption of academic freedom legislation designed to protect teachers who teach both the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Introduction of similar legislation is being considered by legislators in several other states, indicating the national scope of this movement.
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More here.

I wonder if the US Supreme Court will issue a ruling some time in, say, 2012, announcing that civil rights do not apply to those who question Darwin's theory of evolution or any other form of materialism (unless the express and stated purpose is to support another form of materialism).

That will invalidate any state legislation protecting academic freedom for non-materialists.

It would also, of course, put Darwinism and related isms in the same plight as communism in post-1940s Eastern Europe.

Everyone knew it was false; they just couldn't say it, until one day in 1988, the wall just started coming down.