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The chief executive of Christian Schools Australia, Stephen O'Doherty, says it is inevitable other schools will follow suit. Until last month, few Australians had heard of it. But debate broke out internationally on August 1 when the US President, George Bush, told reporters he supported combining lessons on evolution with discussion of intelligent design. "Both sides ought to be properly taught," Bush said.

And many of his critics right here on FR moan regularly that he is not speaking out enough.

Here is an example of the effect one little sentence has made.

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Here is an example of the effect one little sentence has made.

Agreed. I don't think this line from the article sufficiently credits Bush, but the connection is unmistakable:

The DVD is distributed in Australia by a Melbourne-based Christian group, Focus on the Family. Its executive director, Colin Bunnett, says until Nelson's comments only 1000 copies had been sold over four years. "But it's taken off. We've sold thousands in the last few weeks," he says.

(I wonder if this is an overseas affiliate of Jame Dobson's outfit.)