Defense Readies Case on Intelligent Design
An AP newswire article by Martha Raffaele, via ABC News, reports that:
So far, a landmark federal trial over whether intelligent design should be introduced in public school science classes has featured teachers and parents against the move. Now the defense has its chance.
Lawyers for the Dover Area School Board were to begin presenting their case Monday, defending the decision a year ago to require students to hear a statement on intelligent design before ninth-grade biology lessons on evolution.
The statement says Charles Darwin's theory is "not a fact," has inexplicable "gaps," and refers students to a textbook called "Of Pandas and People" for more information.
Eight families suing to have intelligent design removed from the biology curriculum contend that the policy essentially promotes the Bible's view of creation, violating the constitutional separation of church and state.
posted by Fergie @ 10/17/2005 07:42:00 AM
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