Jason Spaceman wrote:

From the article:
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By Jonathan Guthrie
Published: July 2 2005 03:00 | Last updated: July 2 2005 03:00

Bob Edmiston, a multi-millionaire car dealer, plans to set up two
"Christian ethos" academies in the West Midlands, largely funded by the
state, where creationism would be taught alongside evolution in science
lessons. One is being built and Mr Edmiston applied this week to build a
second.

Such initiatives are unpopular with proponents of secular education, who
say the city academies initiative, under which wealthy donors can have a
say in a curriculum, is being exploited for doctrinaire purposes. In
October, protesters derailed plans for a £22m academy in Doncaster backed
by Sir Peter Vardy, the multimillionaire car dealer and evangelical
Christian, where creationism would have been taught.

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers, a teaching union, said: "By
becoming an academy sponsor you have an opportunity to promulgate a narrow,
fundamentalist and . . . repressive religious standpoint."

Mr Edmiston, who donated £10m of his profits of £18m to charity last year,
is abroad but Steve Chase, project manager for the academies, defended the
initiative. "He wants Christian values [in these schools] because that is
his personal experience and faith. Those principles are the basis of a good
society."

Mr Chase said the emphasis would be on entrepreneurship and business. But
he said: "Creationism would be mentioned in science along with other
versions of the creation of the world, including evolution."
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Read it at
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/75c14398-ea95-11d9-aa7a-00000e2511c8.html

What is it with car dealers and Christianity? Are they trying to atone
for all the dodgy motors they've flogged to unwary punters in the past?