This 2004 article is full of wild speculation and fear-mongering. There were a lot of predictions about how the evil religious right was going to take over the government. Those predictions have totally fallen apart. Meanwhile the author, Christopher Hedges has become an ordained Presbyterian minister.

It is such a ridiculous article, full of lies and propaganda that I can’t stand to read it in detail, but I did notice this:

“The Christian Right has fought successfully to have Creationist books sold in national park bookstores in the Grand Canyon, taught as a theory in public schools in states like Alabama and Arkansas.”

Upon googling I discovered that a creationist book was sold for a time at the Grand Canyon but was removed in 2014.
So far as creationism being taught in schools “in states like Alabama and Arkansas” I can report that Alabama requires by law that Darwinism be taught in all public schools.

I don’t know why anyone would take this deceptive, fear mongering Presbyterian preacher seriously.