A good friends father at the center of the creationist vs evolution debate in Cali.

El Tejon school Supt. John W. Wight said in a written statement Tuesday that it had been "very difficult" for the school board to make its decision to halt the class. Neither the school board nor its employees "have promoted any religious belief in any academic setting," Wight said. "The idea was to have an open discussion of the different points of views on the origin of life, a philosophical exercise in critical thinking.

What is wrong with classes like this? It is an elective after all.