"For starters, Senator Brownlee can exclude the Catholic Church from her broad strokes. The mythology of creationism is not part of Catholic doctrine."
No, but the intervention of God in earthly affairs certainly is. If you think the God-haters don't have us Catholics in their cross-hairs, well, better read some more.
True, but in any event, as a Catholic, I'd very much prefer that people like Brownlee kindly exclude us Catholics from any association with creationism. As JPII said, faith must never conflict with reason. People like Brownlee wouldn't know reason if it bit them in the butt. I don't appreciate it one bit. She does not speak for Christianity and it's terribly arrogant for her to assume to do so. I hate it when people, especially politicians, do that.
I'm aware of that danger, and I am similarly sickened by the wide range of attempts to banish any vestige of religious culture from public life. However, the intervention of God in earthly affairs is NOT something that is testable by the scientific method. That is my problem with ID. Besides the point that the science there is shoddy, the whole movement trivializes the concept of God by trying to make Him just another measurable parameter. Blurring the line between science and religion does no service to either discipline. I've said it before, when it comes to religion and science, give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's.