Reason and good sense triumph.
PING
Legislating from the Bench.
Another judge (an agent of the government) making an official government proclamation about what is and isn't religion.
And I thought the constitution forbid the GOVERNMENT from establishing religion. Judges seem to be free from this restriction, and rule all the time about what IS and ISN'T religion.
I'd feel pretty upset if some judge said a symbol of MY religion was acceptable because it wasn't REALLY a religion.
Another defeat for the American Taliban.
Thank God!
Thank The Sum of All Laws of the Universe, our children may yet grow up able to compete with other scientific minds in the world.
Good. Intelligent design doesn't belong in science classes.
What was the count?
Great! Teach creation in sunday school, not science class. That's where it always belonged.
Yes! I wonder what housing costs are in Dover, PA?
Check later to see how thread evolves.
Of course Darwinism is incompatible with religion. It is secular by design. No God is needed in their world. In fact a God, if proven, would eviscerate their theory. They can't afford even a glimmer of a hint that God might actually exist or have created the world.
Good!
Quick read and I you've got to like this
"Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an
activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court.
Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction
on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a
constitutional test case on ID,"....The breathtaking inanity of the
Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which
has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers
of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.
As expected. I'm looking forward to reading the actual ruling.
In the meantime, I have my bag of popcorn here, and will watch the proceedings in the thread.
Hopefully the school board won't appeal given their new members & the last election. Once is enough. They need not embarass themselves any further.
Well, duh!!
Was any other outcome really expected? Thanks for posting it though!
In some circles, to say that "evolution is compatible with Christianity" would require that evolution be banned from the classroom on those grounds. (I hope that's a joke!)
I guess the ID/Creationism nightmare is coming true. Actual scientific theories based on facts will be taught in the science classroom.