Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Intelligent Design
December 21, 2005
From the New York Times
Issuing Rebuke, Judge Rejects Teaching of Intelligent Design
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 20 - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses because it is a religious viewpoint that advances "a particular version of Christianity."
In the nation's first case to test the legal merits of intelligent design, the judge, John E. Jones III, issued a broad, stinging rebuke to its advocates and provided strong support for scientists who have fought to bar intelligent design from the science curriculum.
Judge Jones also excoriated members of the Dover, Pa., school board, who he said lied to cover up their religious motives, made a decision of "breathtaking inanity" and "dragged" their community into "this legal maelstrom with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources."
This decision which came down today, banning the Dover School Board from inserting a discussion about "intelligent design" into the high school students biology curriculm, was from a Republican Judge appointed by President Bush.
Lets see now how the the far right fundementalist wing of that party will react.....Will they ask for the judges impeachment as they did with that Florida District judge who "had the audacity" to consistently rule in favor of the hushand in the Teryy Schiavo case.
Tonight, there's good news in the heartland. Thank G_d that everyone in a position of power has not lost their senses.
I applaud this Judge's forthright, honest and most rational decision.
From the New York Times
Issuing Rebuke, Judge Rejects Teaching of Intelligent Design
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 20 - A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses because it is a religious viewpoint that advances "a particular version of Christianity."
In the nation's first case to test the legal merits of intelligent design, the judge, John E. Jones III, issued a broad, stinging rebuke to its advocates and provided strong support for scientists who have fought to bar intelligent design from the science curriculum.
Judge Jones also excoriated members of the Dover, Pa., school board, who he said lied to cover up their religious motives, made a decision of "breathtaking inanity" and "dragged" their community into "this legal maelstrom with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources."
This decision which came down today, banning the Dover School Board from inserting a discussion about "intelligent design" into the high school students biology curriculm, was from a Republican Judge appointed by President Bush.
Lets see now how the the far right fundementalist wing of that party will react.....Will they ask for the judges impeachment as they did with that Florida District judge who "had the audacity" to consistently rule in favor of the hushand in the Teryy Schiavo case.
Tonight, there's good news in the heartland. Thank G_d that everyone in a position of power has not lost their senses.
I applaud this Judge's forthright, honest and most rational decision.
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