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The current justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Court won't hear Minnesota case
BY GINA HOLLAND
nil ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON - The
Supreme Court declined Monday
to be drawn into a debate over the
teaching of evolution in America's
public schools.
The refusal is a victory for
schools that require teachers to
instruct on the subject even if the
teacher disagrees with the scientif
ic theory.
It's a loss for a Christian biol
ogy teacher in Minnesota who
was reassigned amid questions
about his views on evolution. Jus
tices declined without comment to
review Rodney LeVake's case.
"This case presents the court
with an opportunity to reaffirm
that public high school teachers
are not First Amendment
orphans," LeVake's attorney,
Wayne B. Holstad. wrote in court
filings.
LeVake briefly instructed his
Minnesota high school students
on the subject, but told a colleague
that he had scientific doubts about
Charles Darwin's view of species'
gradual change. Evolution
describes development of life on
Earth from single-celled organ
isms over about 3.5 billion years.
When confronted by school
leaders in 1998, he proposed
offering students "an honest look
at the difficulties and inconsisten
cies of the theory without turning
my class into a religious one."
LeVake. who is a Christian,
believes that God created the
world in six days, known as cre
ationism. He was reassigned to a
ninth-grade teaching job in the
southern Minnesota town of
Faribault, home to about 20,000
residents.
His case presented the
Supreme Court an opportunity to
revisit the debate over public
school instruction on the origin of
man. In 1987, justices struck
down a Louisiana law that prohib
ited the teaching of evolution
without equal time for creation
ism.
The school district argues that
LeVake wants permission to teach
his own views.
"This court has never held that
under the First Amendment,
schools are the mere instruments
of the advancement of the individ
ual agendas of its teachers," Kay
Nord Hunt wrote in court filings
for the school.
LeVake. who^tas a master's
degree in biology education, con
tends that his reassignment violat
ed his constitutional rights to free
speech and freedom of religion.
A judge had dismissed a law
suit LeVake filed against the
Faribault School District, and
Minnesota appeals courts upheld
the dismissal. LeVake appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court.
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