"Sorry, but that's not so. Every major scientific theory we accept today was originally ridiculed by the "scientific" majority. If it is real science, then it will speak for itself. "
That's true. But it is still the scientific community who must come around on correct theories. And having an intelligent advocate to argue the science helps it speak for itself.
That's the only way that ID is going to be science..if enough scientists come to believe there is scientific evidence for it. All that politicians can do is to mandate teaching non-science.
Sorry, but I don't decide by beliefs by consensus.