[P-Marlowe]

Your observation is a variation on the Ralph Nader claim that consumers aren't smart enough to make their own decisions.

I have no idea as to how you drew that conclusion.

You have not answered my point which is that this was not a constitutional issue to begin with. Essentially you seem to be arguing against the truth of the statement that ID is a legitimate alternative to the TOE. Ok, for the sake of argument I will conceed your point that ID is not a viable alternative theory to the TOE.

Now, using your copy of the constitution explain to me how the reading of the statement by the Dover School board to school children can reasonably be considered to be "an establishment of religion".

[js1138]

The school board mandated reading a statement that asserted ID is a scientific alternative to evolution and that "Pandas" is an acceptable resource. The science teachers at Dover would never make these claims voluntarily. They are factually untrue and are motivated by the desire to promote a particular religious point of view.