As predicted, Federal District Judge John E. Jones in the
intelligent design (ID) court case (Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area
School District) ruled that ID is not science, that the school
board had an ill-informed faction that was pushed by a national
public interest law firm to test the constitutionality of ID, and
that those who touted their private religious conviction in public
would lie over and over attempting
”
to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the
ID Policy.
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Editor,
As predicted, Federal District Judge John E. Jones in the intelligent design (ID) court case (Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area School District) ruled that ID is not science, that the school board had an ill-informed faction that was pushed by a national public interest law firm to test the constitutionality of ID, and that those who touted their private religious conviction in public would lie over and over attempting “to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.”
He added, “The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.”
Concluding, he stated “… that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom.”
Have we seen the end of it? No way. Fundamentalist Christians, hoping to have their religious beliefs equated with science, will find another law firm in a state legislature cozy to their religious beliefs, and will try it once again. Waste of money. Waste of time. Waste of resources. Waste of intelligence … all by design.
Dale Morejón, Gilroy
