What about Creationism?

There's been a lot of buzz about Huckabee basing his run on religious "radicalism", and his apparent stubborn insistance on ID simply because Evolutionary theory conflicts with Biblical doctrine.

With the media and political left screaming that he'll indoctrinate our children and make Christianity a government-endorsed religion, this excerpt is one I thought might be nice to put out there for consideration.

Huckabee: 'I Feel Like Seabiscuit' -- 01/04/2008

What about creationism?

ABC's "Good Morning America" grilled Huckabee about his evangelical ties, making Creationism the issue.

ABC's Robin Roberts mentioned a new book from the National Academy of Sciences that says Creationism has no place in the classroom -- given the overwhelming evidence in favor of evolution.

"Do you agree with that -- that Creationism should be kept out of our classrooms," Roberts asked. "In ten-and-a-half years as a governor, I never touched it," Huckabee said. "It's not an issue for a president. It wasn't even an issue for me as a governor, and governors do deal with education - but not the curriculum." Huckabee said his focus as governor was on music and arts in education.

"Should creationism be banned from the classroom, yes or no?" Roberts persisted.

"Banned? Well, banning sounds like sort of a censorship," Huckabee said. "I don't think most people agree with censorship. Should we teach it as a doctrine? Of course not. Should we teach that some people believe it, some don't? I think that's academic freedom."