"Since then Intelligent Design has been promoted by Christian fundamentalists as the way to get the Bible and creationism into the schools."
I am 57 years old, an NOT a Christian fundamentalist.
And I was taught the equivalent of Intelligent Design, by my mother, also not a Christian fundamentalist.
So it is a false notion that Intelligent Design is some new, clever method invented by Christian fundamentalists, to sneak Bible creation over on folks.
Besides, don't the Christian fundamentalists still subscrive to the seven day version? Why would they settle for the millions of years version?
To me, Intelligent Design is the Intelligent conclusion, to the question of "where did all this neat stuff come from?"
A careful inspection of how our bodies and brains are constructed leads to a suspicion that we were designed by a committee.