Evolution vs. Religion

I literally raised my eyebrows when I saw this poll: In 2010, 38% of the questioned people strongly agreed that the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation. Maybe this had to do with the fact that only 23% thought that freedom of religion was protected by the First Amendment. Either way, these are totally conflicting ideals. It appears as though every specific right that is guaranteed by the First Amendment is extremely ambiguous. I believe that the uncertainty of these rights, freedom of religion in particular, causes people to suppress their real religious views. But, what happens when the debate is now not about any specific religion, but bringing any religion into schools. There have been many controversies about the extent that religion should be allowed to be practiced or talked about in schools, but there has been countless instances concerning evolution vs. religion.

I read the article "Darwin at 200: Still controversial after all these years". It discussed the longstanding debate over the creation of life, and well, everything. Since no one can yet prove which theory is correct, the government has tried a couple different approaches. I think that the most successful way to approach this issue is by creating a healthy balance between the two. The teacher, when talking about creation, would introduce both ideas (while remaining unbiased the whole time). Then, they would discuss the fact that as of today, both theories are equally correct. I believe that not discussing religion when talking about creation is wrong, but I do not think that students should be taught that one way is correct and the other is not. Teaching both ideas should be considered legal and not violating a student's freedom of speech.