Evolution vs. Religion

The Scopes Trial was one of the most significant events that took place in the 1920’s. It was an American legal case in 1925 in which John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, was accused of violating the state’s Butler Act. The Butler Act made it unlawful to teach evolution in school. However, religion was allowed to be taught. Nowadays, evolution is taught and religion is not. So if you think about it, the United States can’t make up its mind. In my opinion, I think that both should be taught in school as separate electives and only as electives. Meaning, evolution would only be taught in an elective class and not in a science class. Teaching evolution and religion as separate elective classes would give students the opportunity and option to learn one or the other, or both. Now considering there are so many religions in the world, there wouldn’t be enough to cover them all in class, but it is obvious that some would be learned. I know that people who grew up learning about their religion wouldn’t be very comfortable learning about evolution, and vice versa. So, having each as an option in school would benefit both sides.