"...It seems outside of the ID realm, does it not? Now... I can speculate but I am curious what others think. Are the politicians we appointed trying to slowly tear down science?"
Not outside ID at all, since ID is simply creationism.
The cynics who promulgate this stuff think they can just take away the para\ts of science they don't like, but still get the benefits that they do.
That is what I think is so important. If we let ID'ers do this, who is to stop other groups (or the same) to tear down the other sciences they do not like.