>>>sting. Is that an internet rumor?
No. As the judge cited in his ruling.
ID aspires to “change the ground rules” of science and lead
defense expert Professor Behe admitted that his broadened definition of science, which encompasses ID, would also embrace astrology. Moreover, defense expert Professor Minnich acknowledged that for ID to be considered science, the ground rules of science have to be broadened to allow consideration of supernatural forces.
The rigorous attachment to “natural” explanations is an essential attribute to science by definition and by convention. From a practical perspective, attributing unsolved problems about nature to causes and forces that lie outside the natural world is a “science stopper." Once you attribute a cause to an untestable supernatural force, a proposition that cannot be disproven, there is no reason to continue seeking natural explanations as we have our answer.
The judge merely pushes the question from what is science to what is nature. That only makes it more difficult. I hope he doesn't equate the two.
The point that Behe made is that inferences drawn from the properties and behavior of matter can be legitimate science, even when those inferences may later be proven wrong.