Georgia schools to remove creationist stickers from textbooks
A US federal judge has ordered a Georgian school district to remove stickers from its science textbooks which declared that "evolution is a theory, not a fact" which should be "approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered". The judge, Clarence Cooper of the Federal District Court, ruled that the stickers were contrary to the first amendment's promise to separate church and state because the stickers "convey a message of endorsement of religion". It also went against the state of Georgia constitution which prohibits the use of public money to aid religion. Jeffrey Selman, one of five parents who with the American Civil Liberties Union brought the suit against the school board, told the New York Times that he was "ecstatic... Science is religion-free, and it has to stay that way".