Europe’s main human rights body voted to urge schools across the continent to firmly oppose the teaching of creationist and “intelligent design” views in their science classes.

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly approved a resolution saying attacks on the theory of evolution were rooted “in forms of religious extremism” and amounted to a dangerous assault on science and human rights.

The Council, based in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, oversees human rights standards in member states and enforces decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

America sends out missionaries from the Dark Ages to the whole world.