"Intelligent design is a Trojan Horse for bringing religious creationism back into public school science classes."
That is not an accurate representation. Biblical creationism is definitely religious based, I know I am one.
However, ID is non-secterian and so vague that it cannot be tied to a specific religious belief system.
However, I will admit that if "unchurched" children are presented with the idea that mankind and the world about us may be the result of intelligence - a creator - it could cause them to seek answer in the Bible. That is what the radical groups want to avoid...people (shudder!) reading the Bible! (horror of horrors!) They might actually believe it.
RIGGHHHHHTTTTT. Do you really think that no one notices from which particular religious background the (overwhelming) majority of IDers come from?
Thank you for actually admitting what the true goal of the "creationism in the schools" crowd really is.
However, as a parent myself of a child who will be starting school in a few years, I would respectfully ask that you leave his religious instruction to ME, and not the government.