[HitmanLV]

Why is this issue important? What is notably 'conservative' about one position?

[SeaLion]

What is notably 'conservative' about one position? I don't think ID is at all a 'conservative' position: it is relativistic and ideological, which is much closer to a liberal mind(lessness)set. It bugs me that what I hold to be conservative values--integrity, respect for individual freedom, and the delights of an open mind--are debased by association with Creationism, even in its morphed ID form, which is pseudo-science. I hold that our freedom of worship (or not worship), free from interference from the state, is of enormous value--but I do not understand why some religious folk feel the need to insert their belief systems into places it simply doesn't belong. If I wanted religious leaders to control the teaching and practice of science, I'd move to Iran

[billorites]

"Why is this issue important? What is notably 'conservative' about one position?"

I find it salient because it involves how our tax dollars will be spent.