Faith is a strawman, far removed from any scientific discussion of Intelligent Design or Evolution.
I don't think so, it's certainly driving your argument. And I imagine that it drives the whole ID movement nationwide.
ID isn't a mater of presenting intellectual choice or providing for reasoned debate. If that were the case then IDers would be pushing for the inclusion of other ideas that challenge established scientific fact. The fact that they aren't suggests that faith and a desire to proselytize to impressionable youth in a government funded forum is their (and your) real goal.