[js1138]

School boards do not have the right to replace the findings of science with the assertions of their churches. For one thing, only a minority of churches dispute evolution.

Even ID proponents don’t dispute common descent, which is the element of evolution that most of the Dover parents complained about.

[RobbyS]

School boards do not have the right to replace the findings of science with the assertions of their churches. For one thing, only a minority of churches dispute evolution. The findings of science have no more legal force than the finding of a Church. For them to have force, some legal authority must adopt those findings. For a measure of compulsion is present in each case. The law is saying you must accept this as true no matter what you may think and feel about the matter.