It's a decades-long debate. Should creationism be taught alongside evolution in Indiana schools? That's exactly what will happen if a new bill makes its way through the legislature.
Senator Dennis Kruse, R-District 14, is the chair of the Senate Committee on Education. He's the one who sponsored the bill.
If passed, the decision to add creationism to the science curriculum would be up to each school district.
"If the evolutionists think their side is more right or it's more just or whatever they might think, then I think they ought to be willing to allow another view to be expressed and let the kids in the school decide what they want to believe," said Kruse.
Not everyone supports the idea, though.
"They're not on equal footing. We could say, okay let's teach the stork theory of reproduction or let’s teach another idea about gravity. I mean, it's not science," said Reba Boyd Wooden, Center for Inquiry Indiana.
The Indiana Center for Inquiry has written a letter opposing the bill, saying the state has received high marks nationally for its evolution curriculum.
The bill will be considered in committee next week.
