Creationist Lecturer Scheduled to Speak in Missouri Public School

May 5, 2006

Source: Americans United for Separation of Church and State

http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8199&news_iv_ctrl=0&abbr=pr

On May 5, 2006 Americans United for Separation of Church and State reported, "A Missouri public school district’s plan to sponsor a high school assembly by a creationist lecturer violates the U.S. Constitution and must be dropped, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In a letter today to Superintendent Randy Davis and other school officials, Americans United demanded that the Potosi R-III School District cancel a high school assembly and middle school classroom visits this Monday by Mike Riddle of Answers in Genesis (AIG). AIG is a Kentucky-based fundamentalist Christian ministry that attacks evolution and argues for a literal reading of the biblical Book of Genesis... According to the school district’s Web site, AIG is scheduled to make a presentation of two hours and 45 minutes at the Potosi High School on Monday morning. Sources say Riddle plans to visit classrooms at the local middle school later that day."