Michele Bachmann: I think what you’re advocating for is censorship on the part of government. So the government would prohibit intelligent design from even the possibility of being taught in questioning the issue of evolution. And if you look at scientists there is not a unanimity of agreement on the origins of life. … Why would we forstall any particular theory? Because I don’t think that even evolutionists, by and large, would say that this is proven fact.
What Bachmann is saying is that the majority of scientists don't accept evolution and claim it's just a theory. The problem is that a theory is different from a scientific theory. When scientists say that evolution is a "theory", they compare it to other scientific theories like gravity and the earth orbiting the sun. The definition of a scientific theory is "a hypothesis which has withstood rigorous testing and is well supported by the facts."
The idea of pushing a religious belief into a taxpayer funded public school is going too far. The reason that they have religious and private schools is so they could teach their beliefs in their own setting. The separation of church and state is a debate that is on fire in today's political climate and it doesn't look like the fire will be put out any time soon.
