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While I agree with you that I would never teach my children intelligent design or push a religion on them, I can only agree with you that far.
Since when is it the states decision to decide our metaphysical existence? Since when is it the states job to raise the children of America? Whether you like it or not, just as you cannot force your neighbor to not believe in God, you cannot use the government to force them to not believe in a god. This is part of a greater problem that is institutionalized schooling.
In the new world we give the state control of our kids, with the implied pretense that somehow they can raise our own children better than us. We give them up to institutions only efficient in boredom and stagnation because a single income is no longer enough to provide for a family. It is the disintegration of the nuclear family. Family members are now only friendly strangers. This is what conservatives talk about when you hear the sound byte 'family values'.