In 1976, U.S. Rep. John Conlan (R-AZ) amended an education 
appropriations bill to state that no funds could be used to 
support "secular humanism." (It passed the House but died in 
House-Senate conference.)

In 1978, Dale Crowley sued the Smithsonian Institution for its 
evolution exhibit, which he claimed was an unconstitutional 
establishment of religion ("secular humanism" again).  (He 
lost.)

In 1981, Segraves v. California went to trial in attempt to 
protect Kasey Segraves (son of one of the directors of the San 
Diego-based Creation-Science Research Center, which separated 
from the ICR in an early schism) from being taught evolution in 
the public schools. (Most of the complaint was dropped before 
the conclusion of the trial.)

In 1984, Orrin Hatch had an amendment to an appropriations bill 
passed which denied funding for the teaching of secular 
humanism (left undefined) in the public schools.

In 1987, Brevard Hand ruled that secular humanism could not be 
taught in public schools--including evolution, which he said 
was a tenet of that "religion."  His decision was overturned a 
few months later.

Probably the most active group trying to have evolution removed 
from the public schools (as opposed to adding creationist 
pseudoscience) is the Creation-Science Research Center.  This 
position of theirs was one of several that led to the creation 
of the ICR as a separate organization. (The CSRC existed first, 
as part of Christian Heritage College.)

Jim Lippard              Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Dept. of Philosophy      Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721