[P-Marlowe]

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.

So what?

How is that "an establishment of religion" as prohibited in the first amendment?

Explain that.

[js1138]

Mandating acceptance of a religious tract as an acceptable science textbook is establishment of religion.

[metmom]

Beats me. The jump from ID ( the universe came into existance as a result of intelligent design) to the Creation account of the Bible is a long one. People who meltdown that the mere mention of ID is the teaching of a particular religion are stretching it more than a little bit. ID is not a foothold to get Christianity taught in schools as it does not address any particular diety; that's getting paranoid. While I don't really care if Christianity is taught in schools, I object to it being eliminated.