Here in Idiot America we have science teachers who are science deniers. I'm not making this up.

Holland Patent High School is a U.S. high school located in Holland Patent, New York, a village in Oneida County, central New York State, about 12 miles northwest of Utica and 10 miles east of Rome. Wikipedia
Address: 8079 Thompson Rd, Holland Patent, NY 13354
District: Holland Patent Central School District
Number of students: 460 (2018)

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This middle of nowhere school in New York State has a biology teacher who tells his students magical creationism is how the world works. He's a fucking evolution denier and he told his students "god did it". I'm not making this up. Here in Idiot America, 13% of the biology teachers are biology deniers and they teach magic instead of science.

A student complained about the anti-science religious bullshit. Will the teacher be fired? Of course not. This is Idiot America.

Usually, the students don't complain so the teachers get away with their anti-science religious brainwashing. The students learn how to hate science because they think it's boring.

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Here is the whole thing:

Self-described ‘watchdog’ takes issue with area educator

Friday, February 21, 2020

Dave Gymburch, Staff writer

A Wisconsin-based organization that describes itself as a “national state/church watchdog” says the Holland Patent school district “needs to ensure that a teacher ceases spewing religious anti-evolution propaganda....”

The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced Wednesday it was informed by a Holland Patent High School student’s “concerned parent” that “a biology teacher there recently began a lesson on evolution by undermining the theory.”

But the teacher, Phil Lucason, on Thursday disputed the objections. He said he teaches a “diverse group of students,” and “I teach the facts.” He added “where the facts end,” the students’ personal and religious interpretations can “fill in the blanks.”

The Holland Patent Central School District issued the following statement:

“The Holland Patent Central School District has been asked to comment regarding part of a lesson taught by one of its teachers regarding evolution. As to this pending issue, please be aware that the District does not comment on specific personnel matters. We can, however, provide insight into the process involved in addressing individual concerns regarding instructional content.”

“The School District’s teachers instruct our students according to New York State’s approved curriculum. They are committed to doing so using the highest educational standards,” the Holland Patent statement continues. “When concerns are raised regarding the content of a lesson, we investigate those concerns and, if founded, take appropriate steps to correct any issues identified in order to promote approved standards and meet the educational needs of our students. We appreciate the feedback provided by the parent and the Freedom from Religion Foundation and will continue our review of this matter.”

FFRF, in a three-page letter dated Tuesday from staff attorney Christopher Line to Holland Patent district Superintendent Jason Evangelist, said “it is our understanding that Mr. Lucason told students that ‘evolution only goes so far’’ and he “told students that evolution is ‘contrary to genetics.’” The letter further said “we also understand Mr. Lucason derided ‘true evolutionists’ and told students to ask them ‘where has the proof ever been shown and where does it say in science that it can become something else. There’s nothing.’”

Also, the FFRF announcement Wednesday said “he concluded his rant against evolution by suggesting several alternative explanations, including that ‘God created us and everything else, whatever god that might be, that you subscribe to.’” The FFRF letter Tuesday from Line additionally indicated Lucason said there are “’all kinds of different scenarios and in reality, we don’t know....There’s no proof.’”

The letter also said “Mr. Lucason’s attempt to undermine what he was teaching is both unconstitutional and pedagogically deplorable.”

“Teaching creationism or any of its offshoots, such as intelligent design, in a public school is unlawful, because creationism is not based in fact,” Line said in the letter. “Courts have routinely found that such teachings are religious, despite many new and imaginative labels given to the alternatives.”

The Holland Patent district “has a constitutional obligation to ensure that ‘teachers do not inculcate religion’ and are not ‘injecting religious advocacy into the classroom,’” said the letter, quoting from the U.S. Supreme Court.

FFRF is urging the school district to “conduct an immediate investigation and take appropriate disciplinary and corrective action regarding this unconstitutional conduct by Mr. Lucason,” the letter added. FFRF is a national nonprofit organization with more than 30,000 members across the country, including more than 1,600 members in New York, said the letter. It added “our purposes are to protect the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.”