[js1138]

At any rate, it's not the definition at the beginning of the standards that counts. It's the bogus undermining of evidence in the details. The assertion that the fossil record does not support evolution -- something denied by ID advocates Behe and Denton.

[From many - one.]

You're right..there's a lot of stuff besides the new definiton that is dishonest and just plain wrong and definitely put there with an agenda

[AndrewC]

At any rate, it's not the definition at the beginning of the standards that counts. It's the bogus undermining of evidence in the details. The assertion that the fossil record does not support evolution -- something denied by ID advocates Behe and Denton.

Is this what bothers you?

c. Patterns of diversification and extinction of organisms are documented in the fossil record. Evidence also indicates that simple, bacteria-like life may have existed billions of years ago. However, in many cases the fossil record is not consistent with gradual, unbroken sequences postulated by biological evolution.

Of course, that goes along with this standard.

1 understands biological evolution, descent with modification, is a scientific explanation for the history of the diversification of organisms from common ancestors.