They are upset and are lashing out emotionally, latching onto the first idea that pops into their heads to explain this decision. The intellectually easy way out is to scream "activist commie homo-loving judge."
But the reality is if they don't want federal judges messy around in public school curriculam then they ought to mad at the school board members who sought out the activist law firm BEFORE they changed the science class policy (without ever seeking any professional scientific advice), which means they were already lining up legal representation BEFORE a lawsuit was ever filed!
In short, the law form was itching for a Federal case on ID, and the Dover SChool Board was loaded with exactly the sort of dupes they wanted to gen up a case for them.
The judge was right when he said the students and taxpayers of Dover were ill-served by this litigation, and the people to blame for it are the idiots on the Dover school board (who repeatedly lied under oath) and the law firm that conned them into this ill-advised adventure.
I'm a software architect, I deal with the analysis of complex systems on a daily basis.
And many, many people just don't understand the workings of complex systems. Systems like a 'survival of the fittest' feedback loop.
I don't consider them stupid or anything. But I do enjoy trying to find out what their questions are, and they seeing if I can possibly explain anything.
And I rarely find it useful to be insulting to them. :-)
That's the kind of thing that keeps me from getting into most of the 'crevo' threads. Both sides seem unable to resist tossing personal slights around.
Have a merry Christmas. I'm headed out.