Class Notes   Creationists sue Texas    Patrick Reddy/Associated
Press A former ICR employee helped open a Creation Museum in
Kentucky in 2007. This exhibit on Adam and Eve depicts the
Biblical story of creation.  A Dallas-based creationist outfit
has filed suit against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board for denying its application to offer masters degrees in
science education.  The Institute for Creation Research, or ICR,
last year sought approval to offer an online master’s degree in
science education, a program that teaches a literal
interpretation of the Biblical account of creation.  The board
voted to deny the request, saying the degree rejected scientific
explanations for life that are part of the state’s mandated
curriculum.  “Religious belief is not science,” Commissioner
Raymund Paredes told the board. “Science and religious belief
are surely reconcilable, but they are not the same thing.”  In
the suit, the ICR complained that evolution holds an unfair
monopoly on science education, and t