Eden and Evolution

Today's Washington Post includes a long essay, by Shankar Vedantam, called "Eden and Evolution."  Although, in a sense, it adds nothing new to the intelligent design / "what does evolution mean for faith" discussion, it's still an interesting read, includes outtakes from interviews with Richard Dawkins and John Haught, etc.  However, one particular observation in the piece caught my eye:

Lancaster University historian Thomas Dixon noted that the modern debate over intelligent design -- largely an American phenomenon -- is really about neither science nor religion, but the American constitution, which has kept religion out of schools. The intelligent design movement, he said, is simply a reaction to this prohibition, which does not exist in Britain.

Given that so many scientists and religious people believe the theory does disservice to both science and religion, Dixon said, "a solution to this may be to have schools teach religion. Let them teach Christianity and everything else. It may be a complete and utter revolution in American history, but I'm saying it's a good idea."