First Amendment: Engraved in stone


In a discussion about teaching evolution in biology classes a few years ago, I had carefully explained how and why the First Amendment does not require creationism to be taught in biology classes, and in fact is the reason that creationism isn’t taught, in the Establishment Clause. My explanation irritated the tarnation out of a creationist woman who exclaimed, “Well, it’s not like the First Amendment is engraved in stone!”

Heh. Guess what I found at Southern Methodist University Saturday. There, outside the main door of the Umphrey Lee Center, which houses the Department of Economics and the Division of Journalism of the Meadows School for the Arts:

The First Amendment, at SMU

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2 Responses to First Amendment: Engraved in stone

  1. Unknown's avatar First Amendment: Still engraved in stone « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub says:
    August 18, 2012 at 1:44 am

    […] This is an encore post from April 2008. […]

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  2. Nimish Batra's avatar Nimish Batra says:
    April 16, 2008 at 10:56 am

    pwnd.

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