Creation v Evolution? Those are my only two choices?

We don't teach Santa Claus, Wed don't teach the Easter Bunny in our schools, but there are valuable cultural lessons surrounding some of those characters ... why would anyone teach creationism?

If it offends someone's personal religious perspetcive, they do not need to attend the public institution that teaches the modern understandig of life's origins. They can remove themselves from the society that teaches a contrary perspective and teach their own perpectives within their own community. Why would a small minority dictate to the majority, and why should their narrow perspective be allowed to dilute the edcuation of the majority?