No, but you do have to believe that our rights God given -- that state power is not the final arbiter of right and wrong.
Yeah, that phrase "endowed by our Creator" is pretty essential to the American ideal of liberty; it's what separates us from the rest of the world, where specific rights are granted by authority. Here, we have our rights at birth. I even have it posted on my homepage.
I'm not very religious, but I do believe that many who are believe that the theory of evolution is the correct one. As far as I'm concerned evolution and ID aren't necessarily exclusive of each other. But I think I'm right in saying that quite a few on this board agree.
These crevo threads produce heated emotions, but I suppose lots of the posters find them enjoyable anyhow.