Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A Victory for Science!
Merry Christmas ... The verdict in the Dover School board case has been rendered. U.S. District Judge John Jones declared the Dover School Board attempt to require "intelligent design" be taught as an alternative to evolution is merely a "sham" to disguise a "religious objective" and is therefore unconstitutional.
The judge went further and condemned the "breathtaking inanity" of the school board, of which all but one were ousted in this years school board election.
No surprise our right wing, conservative, evangelical President disagreed with the ruling saying through a spokesperson that these decisions should be left to local school boards.
I'm sure this is not the end of this discussion. My only hope is that the fear of being dragged into court and having to spend money on lawyers rather than the students education will deter other schools boards ... and voters ... of making a similar mistake.
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The text of the entire opinion in PDF form
#posted by Rob Roschewsk @ 9:31 AM