Well i am late to the thread but in todays SUN Micheal Platt had an excellent article on the topic.
The gist of was this law is not really a concern because the parents who are opting out are going to be indoctornating there kids from birth and that indocternation is way more powerful then anything the school system can throw at them. Although I think this law is ridiculus I don't think it will have any substantial effect on the educational outcomes of kids
Secondly I would like to point out that both the Catholic Church and Anglican churches (representing the largest Christian gourps in the workld) both believe in evolution or more specifically for the catholic church that the theory of evolution and the concept that god is the creator are not mutally exclusive options. And all catholic schools (for sure in Saskatchewan and Alberta) teach evolution as part of the science classes and teach that Genisis is not to be considered literally. So in the above arguements where the word "Christian" is being used to refer to those who don't believe in evolution is great over generalization and is paiting christianity with a very large brush in a simialr way that athiests object to be being considered one identical group.
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