I would rather discuss the merits of this proposal rather than the merits of teaching one or the other.

I agree with everything you say Nard (including the light socket. ), but what I want to see here is what would happen if we presented this as a proposal to the creationists. After all, irrelevant of how WE feel, THEY want it in the classroom and I offer this as a compromise. I'm curious to see what happens when we do the ol' revers-a-rony and try to get OUR teachings into THEIR schools!