Inteligent Design advocates on the Texas Board of Education put language in their bylaws to permit the possiblity of teaching the age of the universe from the christian bible. Or anything else really.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5YWJAgJm2Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edvorak%2Eorg%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F07%2Freality%2Dbe%2Ddamned%2Dtexas%2Dboard%2Dof%2Deducation%2Dvotes%2Don%2Dage%2Dof%2Duniverse%2F&feature=player_embedded
YouTube video description:
NatCen4ScienceEd
Board member Barbara Cargill is bullish on the "new and improved" Earth Science standard which strikes the phrase "the concept of an expanding universe that originated 14 billion years ago" and replaces it with more nebulous wording that, says Cargill, "leaves it up to [students and teachers] to discuss how many billions of years".
Edit: Had trouble embedding YouTube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5YWJAgJm2Q&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edvorak%2Eorg%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2F07%2Freality%2Dbe%2Ddamned%2Dtexas%2Dboard%2Dof%2Deducation%2Dvotes%2Don%2Dage%2Dof%2Duniverse%2F&feature=player_embedded
YouTube video description:
NatCen4ScienceEd
Board member Barbara Cargill is bullish on the "new and improved" Earth Science standard which strikes the phrase "the concept of an expanding universe that originated 14 billion years ago" and replaces it with more nebulous wording that, says Cargill, "leaves it up to [students and teachers] to discuss how many billions of years".
Edit: Had trouble embedding YouTube video.