the "theory" of evolution.

i am aware that there are people in the country, maybe even people that i know, who are on the fence about evolution. i am aware that that is a thing that some people think. but i still don't GET it. i can't help but mentally stutter over it.
"yeah, i know. but seriously, what? right. yeah. okay. i can understand that. but seriously, WHAT?!"
how should compassionate fascism address religious differences?
i say all religions are allowed, but the government is STRICTLY not involved in religious issues.
(accordingly, no religious governmental holidays. we'll come up with appropriate secular seasonal holidays, but none of this easter or christmas nonsense.)
so, our government's policies are informed by science, and things that are provable. if a test can be replicated, that's science.
miracles? not science.
perhaps miracles exist and happen.
but they aren't replicable, so they're not in.
stories out of a book that has a long history of being tinkered with by political leaders are not science.
they are stories.
they are fables, and absolutely appropriate to help one guide their behavior.
totally tip-top on that.
but they are not going to inform our governmental policies.
so, prop 8, no.
we just say across the board - it doesn't matter what your religion tells you, you don't get to LEGALLY disenfranchise any one group.
under compassionate fascism, we respect the role the religion plays in peoples lives and even celebrate it! yay, diversity of views and opinions!
but science isn't an opinion, it's fact.
like, concrete and provable.
so, darwin, not controversial.
yeah, he was a scientist, people.
evolution isn't a theory, and the fact that it contradicts your religion is not an issue for the government to deal with, it's something to be dealt with by each individual person.
i'm tempted to say there are no religious priivate schools allowed under compassionate fascism.
obvs we'll have public schools so awesome no one will need private schools. in fact, every school, of all different types (montessori, waldorf, french, performing arts, whatevs) will receive government funding, and what school you attend will be a matter of preference and not a matter of privilege. parents with no money deserve to have their kids learn fluent french if they want to, right?
no reasons for private schools.
um...we believe in school uniforms.
school doesn't need to be a fashion show, kids. that's what free time is for.
i haven't got a good solution to home schooling.
as a supporter of home schooling, i am reluctant to ban it, but the goal is to have public schools be so good that no one feels they need to home school.
i'll think more about that.
families for whom religion is really important are totally welcome to teach their kids whatever they want to about morality and such, but that's not what school time is for. school time is for preparing young people for healthy, successful adulthood. whether or not that adulthood is informed by religious belief is a matter for families to figure out.
i'm not sure about year-round school schedules, but i'm open to them.