Our Constitution: (Part of) The First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Though creationism is not taught as fact in American public schools, not believing in evolution is still a near-mandatory mindset among politicians in the Republican Party. All scientific evidence points to evolution as the explanation for the diversity of life on Earth past and present. To reject evolution is to reject science. To reject science is to reject medicine, weather predictions, our understanding of space and so much more. Religion serves a purpose for many people, but it is not a substitute for science. Warning: beware of false prophets and those using the guise of religion to promote false information.