The Reuters story on the PA (here it is at Yahoo) case contains these depressing facts.
New evolution spat in U.S. schools goes to court
At least 31 states are taking steps to teach alternatives to evolution. A CBS poll last November found 65 percent of Americans favor teaching creationism as well as evolution while 37 percent want creationism taught instead of evolution.Fifty-five percent of Americans believe God created humans in their present form, the poll found.
Kill me.