A judge has ruled that intelligent design can not be taught in Pennsylvania
classrooms:

HARRISBURG, Pa. – “Intelligent design” cannot be mentioned in biology
classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said
Tuesday, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since
the 1925 Scopes trial.

Dover Area School Board members violated the Constitution when they
ordered that its biology curriculum must include the notion that life on
Earth was produced by an unidentified intelligent cause, U.S. District Judge
John E. Jones III said. Several members repeatedly lied to cover their
motives even while professing religious beliefs, he said.

The school board policy, adopted in October 2004, was believed to have
been the first of its kind in the nation.

“The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the
Board who voted for the ID Policy,” Jones wrote.

The board’s attorneys had said members were seeking to improve science
education by exposing students to alternatives to Charles Darwin’s theory
that evolution develops through natural selection. Intelligent-design
proponents argue that the theory cannot fully explain the existence of
complex life forms.

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I can imagine that a war will be waged against this judge and he will soon be
coined as an “activist judge” by the right wing radicals. This is a victory for
America and keeping it as a secular nation. The judge also had a strong message
to send to the individuals pushing for ID to be taught:

“It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and
proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again
lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID
Policy.”

Just another example of how some Christian radicals pick and choose what to
follow when it comes to the Bible. O’Reilly should be fired up over this one
tonight and I am sure Pat Robertson will be asking God to strike down
Pennsylvania.