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06 Nov 2005 08:46:15 AM |
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‘Intelligent design’ trial ends |
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Nov/20051105News013.asp
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‘Intelligent design’ trial ends
Judge expected to issue ruling by January.
Published Saturday, November 5, 2005
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A lawyer for eight families urged a federal judge
yesterday to overturn a policy that requires the discussion of "intelligent
design" in biology classes, saying it improperly promotes religion in
schools.
A lawyer for the school board defended the policy, explaining that it was
intended to call attention to a new "science movement."
The families’ attorney, Eric Rothschild, said the concept promotes the
Bible’s view of creation with its belief that evolution cannot fully
explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms.
"Intelligent design became the label for the board’s desire to teach
creationism," Rothschild said in closing arguments.
Patrick Gillen, a lawyer for the Dover Area School Board, argued that the
concept was intended to call attention to "a new fledgling science
movement."
The policy requires students to hear a statement about intelligent design
before ninth-grade biology lessons on evolution.
The statement says Charles Darwin’s theory is "not a fact," has
inexplicable "gaps" and refers students to a textbook for more information.
Eight families are suing to end the practice, saying it violates the
constitutional separation of church and state.
The lawyers wrapped up a six-week trial that featured expert witnesses for
each side debating intelligent design’s scientific merits. Other witnesses
clashed over whether creationism was discussed in school board meetings
months before the curriculum changed in 2004.
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| Title: reference: Intelligent design’ trial ends |
06 Nov 2005 12:16:47 PM |
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On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 08:46:15 -0600, wrote:
Patrick Gillen, a lawyer for the Dover Area School Board, argued that the
concept was intended to call attention to "a new fledgling science
movement."
The Flat Earth "theory"?
Gray Shockley
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Now my own suspicion is that the
Universe is not only queerer than
we suppose, but queerer than
we can suppose.
- J. B. S. Haldane
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