Judge Nixes Evolution Textbook Stickers

A school near Atlanta in Cobb County was told to remove all stickers from science books that stated, "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered” that were placed in the front cover of the books. There were over 2000 complaints from parents and eventually 6 parents sued along with the American Civil Liberties Union. They argued that it violated the seperation of church and state while sinlgling out evolution from many other scientific theories. The school board argued back that it showed religious tolerance, not activism for religion. Georgia's cheif council suggested that instead using the word evolution textbooks and teachers should say "changes over time."
I don't think that this is really an issue and that the parents had nothing to really sue about. I understand that evolution is a very controversial subject but the stickers in the front seem very harmless and that it does nothing to agitate parents about the school being too active about religion. The sticker was more of a disclaimer, but the school may have been better off without the stickers. I see the parents concerns that church and state were a little too close there, but there was still a sort of tangible barrier.