A piece in NRO about using government funds to explain the religious understanding of evolution

The purpose of the “Understanding Evolution” website is to instruct teachers in how they should teach evolution, and the federal government (through the National Science Foundation) came up with $450,000 for the project. As might be expected, the science presented on the website is rather lopsided. Although there are vigorous arguments among biologists about many aspects of neo-Darwinism, teachers aren’t informed about those scientific debates, ignoring guidance from the U.S. Congress in 2001 that “where topics are taught that may generate controversy (such as biological evolution), the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist.”

But the strangest part of the website, by far, is the section that encourages educators to use religion to endorse evolution. Teachers are told that nearly all religious people, theologians, and scientists who hold religious beliefs endorse modern evolutionary theory, and that indeed such a view “actually enriches their faith.” In fact, teachers are directed to statements by a variety of religious groups giving their theological endorsement of evolution.