This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Free schools to teach the origin of life on fact.
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Schools should be free to teach about the origin of life based upon the facts that have been discovered.
The government should not impose any world view upon schools, this includes both Religious and Athiestic views.
When the known facts are taught, they should be taught in full and include the probabilities associated with each theory. The actual evidence should also be presented and not just a skewed summary.
The idea that intelligent design can not be taught is not sensible as good science should look at the evidence first and then infer a theory and not the other way round.
How are children to learn about good science if they are not allowed to look at all the options?
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