Sticky Situation on Evolution Education

Re “Judge Nixes Stickers Challenging Evolution,” Jan. 14: A federal judge had this to say about stickers in biology texts that say “evolution is a theory, not a fact”: “The sticker communicates to those who oppose evolution for religious reasons that they are favored members of the political community, while the sticker sends a message to those who believe in evolution that they are political outsiders.”

I have a question: Does abolishing the use of the stickers communicate to those who believe in evolution that they are favored members of the political community, while sending a message to those who oppose evolution that they are political outsiders? Here’s a second question: Do these judges actually get paid for this kind of reasoning?

Pasquale Vuoso

Santa Paula

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Kudos to U.S. District Judge Clarence Cooper for ordering school officials in Cobb County, Ga., to remove from its textbooks stickers implying that evolution is basically a hunch. For all religious fundamentalists who devalue others’ rights and beliefs, think about this: How would you feel about evolutionists invading your church to slap stickers onto your Bibles that say, “Creationism doesn’t even amount to a theory, let alone a fact, and should be critically considered.”

Jeff Edelstein

Sherman Oaks

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Hopefully, when the Georgia schoolchildren peel those ludicrous stickers from their books, they’ll have a better appreciation and understanding of the opposable thumbs they inherited from their primate ancestors.

William W. Carter

Newbury Park