Please read the following article.
“Intelligent design” wasn’t lesson, board member says
Harrisburg, Pa. A school board member who supported including a reference to “intelligent design” in the district’s scienc3e curriculum testified in a landmark federal lawsuit Monday that the board only intended for teachers to mention the concept, not teach it.
Board member Alan Bonsell said he sought to allay science teachers’ fears that they might be sued over the policy.
“My goal was to bring something together that everyone could agree on, if that was possible,” he said.
Eight families are suing to have intelligent design removed from the biology curriculum because they believe the policy promotes the Bible’s view of creation and violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
Intelligent design supporters argue that natural selection, an element of evolutionary theory, cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms.
Bonsell was president of the board in October 2004 when it voted to require students to hear a statement about intelligent design before ninth-grade biology lessons on evolution. The statement says Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is “not a fact,” has inexplicable “gaps,” and refers students to a textbook, “Of Pandas and People,” for more information.
Earlier Monday, former school board member Jane Cleaver testified she didn’t fully understand intelligent design, but voted for it because she wanted students to be made aware of other theories.
The plaintiffs are represented by a team put together by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. The district is being represented by Thomas More Law Center, a public-interest law firm based in Ann Arbor.
Grand Rapids Press
Yet another evil undertaking by Satan, err, I mean the ACLU. They say that they campaign for equal opportunity but have lost their way. What happened to giving the truth an equal opportunity to be told? Why should we be forced to listen to the crap about evolution, it violates my rights. I was very proud that the school district was will to at least mention Intelligent design in the classroom. We must unite and stand up for what we believe in. Until we do it will be those who do not believe that will get their way.
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