> Literally all it takes is a ten minute YouTube video to explain ... and the destruction of a lot of carefully-laid religious indoctrination that claims Human

> Literally all it takes is a ten minute YouTube video to explain ... and the destruction of a lot of carefully-laid religious indoctrination that claims Humans Are Special and therefore could not possibly be related to animals and plants. That's it, really: Being able to teach evolution means being able to directly contradict religious dogma. Conversely, if you can't teach evolution, you are hamstrung because you cannot contradict religious dogma on any subject. So winning the ability to teach evolution will be a victory against religion's hold on education, and religious groups obviously do not want to relinquish that hold. Hence the battle. > The fact that these kids come communities where most of the parents are really dumb has to be hundreds of times more damaging than not getting a day or two worth of lecture. We're, as a society, unable to make these kids parents not be dumb, or to give kids new parents who are not dumb. The most we can do is educate them. > I would bet money that the percentage of born again Christians who have a good understanding of the arguments in favor of evolution is about 10x as high as the percentage of 'science-oriented' folks who have a good understanding of all the philosophical concepts referenced in the wiki article on intelligent design. This is because the philosophical arguments in favor of ID are not relevant to anyone who isn't in a religious group that favors ID. Also, I personally doubt most born-again Christians have any real idea of what the evidence in favor of evolution is, given how popular the "If apes turned into man why are there still apes?" argument is.