Religious organizations filed suit in a Los Angeles federal court last week claiming that the UC system discriminates against religion for not allowing classes taught in Christian schools to count in regards to admissions. While the classes disallowed run the gamut from literature and history, the biggest bone of contention is science. See, the UC people think that a science course should only count as a science course if only science is taught. Certain religoius organizations, however, disagree.

The Religious groups who filed the suit say that in disallowing text books and classes used in Christian schools, they are making it harder for children who attend the schools to get into UC schools. Thus the discrimination part. California is the only state so far to rule that classes teaching that the world was either created 6,000 years ago and in seven days or put together by some mysterious figure named Grog in a petri dish shouldn't count. Says a UC flak, trying hard to keep from rolling her eyes:

"These requirements were established after careful study by faculty and staff to ensure that students who come here are fully prepared with broad knowledge and the critical thinking skills necessary to succeed."

We kind of like the idea of this law suit and wish they thought of this when we were in High School. That way we could have argued that our bad grades in math wasn't due to sucking at math, but merely because learning trigonometry was against our religious beliefs.

Of course, it goes without saying, what about the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

Picture of that Modern Stone Age family from Hanna-Barbera