It is strange that there's this whole suite of positions that would seem to be unrelated, but almost always seem to be adopted wholesale. If you know someone is against evolution, you can pretty much predict their positions on abortion, stem cells, the death penalty, education, GW Bush, and homosexuality. I wonder what common force ties all those disparate ideas together? - PZ

For the teachers sakes, I hope that the students at least abstain during class.
"Don" tried to say it was a societal problem. Teachers get sick of the pressures put on them by no-nothings in power. (eg some kid 200 miles away drowns on a family picnic and the whole state brings back classes - not; should be education of parents to supervise, etc).
"Telling teenagers to refrain from something" is the same as an invitation to trial it; enough to set up the stats anyway. Funny isn't it. As a student leaves a reading class he/she is encouraged to practise the skills learnt today. Same at maths. Why get upset when other skills are practised? Make them safe!