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Interesting, I read the links and I didn't see any effort to promote ID as a science. It appeared to me they were asking the student to analyze the theory, but that doesn't mean either the student or the professor have to validate the theory as true. Many essay questions are about controversial issues and the point isn't to convince the student the issue is valid, but to see how well the student can analyze an issue and parse it out in a concise answer.

If you look at the Kansas School board, they are allowing EXACTLY the same thing. ID is *NOT* required as a subject for discussion but the teacher, at his discretion is *ALLOWED* to present it. Simply discussing it briefly in class has nothing to do with the reputation of a school. It is about presenting EXISTING point of views, supporting and criticizing them as the case may be. I don't see what the big deal is ( but of course many want to make it a big deal, hence the so called "controversy"). So, if George Mason does it, why not Kansas ?

"If you look at the Kansas School board, they are allowing EXACTLY the same thing. ID is *NOT* required as a subject for discussion but the teacher, at his discretion is *ALLOWED* to present it. Simply discussing it briefly in class has nothing to do with the reputation of a school. It is about presenting EXISTING point of views, supporting and criticizing them as the case may be. I don't see what the big deal is..."

You're dead on. The school board should allow a teacher to present existing points of view in their own discretion. With any luck, your kids might get Timothy McVeigh for civics, David Irving for history, and Osama Bin Laden for sociology. It's up to them what to teach, not the school board. Yes, a very good idea!