Jimmy Carter slams Georgia's 'evolution' proposal:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/30/georgia.evolution/index.html
[But Carter said dropping the word would leave Georgia's high school graduates "with a serious handicap as they enter college or private life where freedom of speech will be permitted."
Carter also predicted ridicule for the state, along with discredit on Georgia's university system.
"The existing and long-standing use of the word 'evolution' in our state's textbooks has not adversely affected Georgians' belief in the omnipotence of God as creator of the universe," Carter said. "There can be no incompatibility between Christian faith and proven facts concerning geology, biology, and astronomy.
"There is no need to teach that stars can fall out of the sky and land on a flat Earth in order to defend our religious faith." ]