Strategy 5: "Encourage" non-sympathetic school board members to resign
Supporters of evolution are generally the most educated people in communities, and this naturally leads them to want to tell us how to educate the students in your community. As school boards become disproportionately liberal, changes in the curriculum start to quickly undermine the control that parents would like to have on the moral upbringing of their children.
Luckily, evolution-backers are often embarrassed by their atheistic, agnostic, or moderate religious beliefs, so ICS has found that publicly asking them, on 3 or so occasions, "Do you believe in God?" will have desirable consequences. From the national statistics that we have been keeping, roughly 14% of such school board members will resign before their terms are up. Although this might sound low, and not worth the effort, our data also suggest that 43% of those completing their terms (and were publicly queried) will choose not to run again. An added benefit, we think, might be that evolution-backers in your community might reconsider their plans for running for school boards in the first place, if the stories surrounding these "public queries" are publicized in local papers.
If asking directly sounds too rude, please consider asking them more subtle questions such as, "Have been able to find a church since you moved here?", "I didn't see you at service on Sunday--is everything OK?", or "Wouldn't it be nice to have the minister address the school board next week?".
