Intelligent Design Theory: Science or Religion?

The fine line that they walk in Ohio is going to be tested in court. There is a fracas that I got wind of in the Newark school district(?)

Governor urges legal review of science lesson plan
(Associated Press, February 3, 2006)

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Bob Taft has recommended a legal review of a state science lesson plan and said future candidates for the State Board of Education will be asked more questions about the issue.

Taft said he remains convinced that the guidelines for 10th-grade biology do not include the theory known as "intelligent design." But a legal review would ensure Ohio was not vulnerable to a lawsuit, he told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Friday.

Taft also said he should have learned more about where his previous appointees to the board stood on the issue, and that he will be asking more about it before making future appointments.

"There were cases in which I didn't ask the right questions, in some cases where I supported someone for election or appointment," he said. "I'll be asking that question now, I can assure you."

Opponents claim the science lesson plan contains inaccurate information about evolution and promotes intelligent design, which claims an unspecified higher power designed life because of its complexity.

The board of education voted 9-8 on Jan. 10 to reject an attempt by a board member to reopen debate on the science standards.

Before he leaves office early next year, Taft plans to make appointments for the four board seats that open Dec. 31, Taft spokesman Mark Rickel said.

The governor appoints eight of the 19 board members. The terms of six elected members also expire at the end of the year.

The governor appoints eight of the 19 board members. The terms of six elected members also expire at the end of the year.

The election that "threw them all out" was the parents voicing their directive that the school board shall not be an activist group without the parents say so. Now the only left overs are that the school system is in debt for this little excursion from reality

Once again an emotional choice is being disguised as intellectual conviction and simply by dint of repetition is expected to make its way.

Leaving aside that there were other issues in the election,or so somebody said a while back,this suggests it is "parent power" up against "officials".
Fair enough.But what if someone says it was an "excursion" into reality and now it's back to the unreality of parent power.

The election that "threw them all out" was the parents voicing their directive that the school board shall not be an activist group without the parents say so.

They said nothing about their secret meetings with the ICR and the Discovery Institute through a local Baptist Church.

It isn't all that unusual for people to say nothing about what they are really up to.In fact it is standard practice in the places I was brought up in.