An Arkansas bill would have allowed the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in science classes.

Aside from violating church-state separation, creationism also denies our children exposure to real science. It leaves them bereft of the skills they need to compete.

There are young people all over America right now learning not just that evolution is weak, but that it’s false. These children are being taught that the Earth, which we know to be five billion years old, is only 6,000 years old,