Going Beyond Teaching Evolution

[Jim Maule]

Doug Laycock's nicely articulated comments about the diminishment of
moderate or centrist emphasis and the consequences of debate over an
issue being led by those heading up the more (or most) extreme views
on both sides apply not only to the issue of teaching evolution but
also to almost every other issue that involves the interaction of
religion and government.

Doug's comments also apply to all sorts of other issues not so
directly related to law and religion or the scope of this list.

But his contribution is a refreshing reminder that the lawyering
personalities, myself included, succumb too easily to the adversarial
positions fostered by the collision of diametrically opposed
positions.

Here's to the power of reasoning, tolerance, compromise, and common
sense. If we lose that we've lost too much of our humanity.


Jim Maule
Professor of Law
Villanova University School of Law
Villanova, PA 19085
maule at law.vill.edu
http://www.cilp.org/~maule
(610) 519 - 7135