Legal Opinion
Peloza v. Capistrano Unified School District
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 16, 1992No. CV 91-5268-DWW (Bx)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
DAVID W. WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.
This memorandum revisits the longstanding debate between scientists and fundamentalists about human origins — the theories of evolution v. creationism. The Darwinian theory that humans are derived from lower life forms vs. the Christian concept in the opening Chapters of the Book of Genesis that(1) “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.(2) And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.”
JURISDICTION
Plaintiff alleges violations of federal law, particularly the First, Fifth and Fourteenth…
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