RE: School District drops Intelligent Design Class

[Friedman, Howard M.]

If you read the coverage on this, it appears that the proposed course was in fact not a balanced course at all—it advocated one viewpoint.  It focused entirely on Creationism, not on Intelligent Design, and was defended by the teacher scheduled to offer it as “the class that the Lord wanted me to teach”. Even the Discovery Institute advised the school board to settle. Keeping ID out of science classes means not teaching it as “scientific truth”, under whatever label.  I have blogged on the settlement at: http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2006/01/suit-challenging-philosophy-course-on.html ************************************* Howard M. Friedman Disting. Univ. Professor Emeritus University of Toledo College of Law Toledo, OH 43606-3390 Phone: (419) 530-2911, FAX (419) 530-4732 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************* From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad M Pardee Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:59 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: School District drops Intelligent Design Class   So much for the oft-repeated myth that opponents of intelligent design simply want to keep ID out of the science classrooms.  When I read this article, it seemed pretty clear that groups like Americans United aren't going to be content with that.  They seem to want to make sure that any student in a public school makes it safely to graduation without ever having heard about ID in any forum of any kind at school (unless, of course, it's a forum where they can say, "See, anybody with any scientific understanding knows that ID isn't true.")  If I had kids, this is the sort of poppycock that would have cynics like me following Rick Duncan's example and homeschooling them. Brad

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