have what the connecticut says is the rights to worship almighty god! everything is actually based on evidence. arguments from evidence are actually given priority in the next generation science standards. joining me right now is robert bevins, the president of connecticut for science education. you were at last week s hearing as a supporter of the science sta ì(lc% what do you say to the critics religion could ostracize the families that this approach is not religious enough, it s an atheist approach? i m glad to be here, thomas. i have to say if i was going to say i want to tell a student something interesting, i want to tell them about a gamma ray burst that occurred 3.9 billion years ago in another galaxy, can i not say that simply because somebody at home believes that the earth is 6,000 years old?