Pa. School Board to Vote on Evolution

[Judi Lynn]

Pa. School Board to Vote on Evolution
Pennsylvania School Board Expected to Rescind 'Intelligent Design' Policy in Vote Tonight
The Associated Press

DOVER, Pa. Jan 3, 2006 — Dover's foundering school policy of presenting "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution was headed for the history books Tuesday night.

Two weeks after a federal judge ruled the concept was religious and not scientific, the Dover Area School Board's newly elected members planned to formally rescind the policy.

The policy, approved in October 2004, required students be read a statement about "intelligent design" before ninth-grade lessons on evolution. The statement said Darwin's theory is "not a fact" and has inexplicable "gaps," and referred students to an intelligent-design book.

On Dec. 20, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III sided with eight families who argued that "intelligent design," which attributes the existence of complex organisms to an unidentified intelligent cause, is biblical creationism in disguise.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1467472&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Oh, the delusions of adequacy they have...

[theoldman]

2. Looks like the school board has evolved.

It evolved from a religious group to a scientific group.

[savemefromdumbya]

3. why don't they give all this creation/evolution stuff a rest!

obviously the PA board have time on their hands = WHAT ABOUT PROPER EDUCATION!

[Sinistrous]

5. Did you notice that the board is RESCINDING the previous policy

which included Intelligent Design? Or is that what you are upset about?

This is not the same board that stuck ID into the curriculum. The nutcase majority was voted out in the last election.

Sinistrous

[savemefromdumbya]

6. yes

it annoys me that precious time is being wasted by school boards having to deal with this.

[stepnw1f]

4. Re-Evolve

And don't stop for any right wing nut group!