Law on Creation Nullified

A federal judge in New Orleans ruled unconstitutional a Louisiana law requiring that the theory of creationism be given equal time in public schools where the theory of evolution is taught. U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier said the law, which has not been enforced, violated the separation of church and state. Creationism holds that the biblical story of the Creation, in which God created man in his present form, is substantially true. The theory of evolution contends man and other life developed from simpler forms of life.