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Secular  Christians sue to keep ‘atheistic’ evolution out of
Kansas classrooms  See also  Claiming the teaching of evolution
promotes atheism, and creates “a hostile learning environment
for those of faith,” a group of anti-evolution Christians in
Kansas have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's public
school science curriculum.  The lawsuit, filed Thursday, Sept.
26, in Federal District Court, challenges the Kansas State Board
of Education's adoption of certain science standards, claiming
the standards “will have the effect of causing Kansas public
schools to establish and endorse a non-theistic religious
worldview” in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments
to the U.S. Constitution.  The complaint claims the standards
cause the state "to promote religious beliefs that are
inconsistent with the theistic religious beliefs of plaintiffs,
thereby depriving them of the right to be free from government
that favors one religious view over