Afterthoughts on Intelligent Design and Evolution

After reading Bianca's article discussing how students should be taught the origins of life, there are a few things I want to add concerning the topic.
I completely agree that evolution should be taught in the classroom. Once certain things solidify in the mind, especially among the youth, they naturally form patterns of perception that continue to progress throughout a persons life. Religion is a great example of this kind of pattern. If evolution is taught to children at a young age, they might be able to put those ideas together with that of what their religion has taught them, and thus be able to form opinions and ideas about the origin of life for themselves. While I am a proponent of allowing evolution into the classroom, I can't say the same for the idea of teaching "intelligent design" or other forms of creationism as well. While evolution remains a theory, there is much more scientific proof behind the basic claims of its ideas than any type of creationist theory. I also disagree that evolution is simply an atheists explanation of the origin of life. Atheism is the absence of belief in the existence of deities, and such religions as Buddhism can be considered atheistic. Therefor, I don't believe that teaching evolution is a violation of non-atheists rights.
I agree that the interpretation of the Constitution is an ongoing process, and it is also my belief that the Constitution guarantees the separation of church and state and should thus allow the teaching of evolution in schools, rather than that of "intelligent design".