Three little comments: 1. "...in actuality, there is no debate, no controversy". That's not true. There is a significantly large number of thinking individuals (legitimate scientists included) for whom the question of evolution vs. ID is hardly settled, and for whom the notion of ID does not clash with their scientific temper. A band of leading scientists publishing a statement that there is no debate does not cause the debate to wink out of existence.
2. In the same way, a group of leading scientists publishing a statement that ID is false does nothing to the existence (or non-existence) of an Intelligent Designer. If such a being exists, then their statement does not cause him to wink out of existence. While the burden of proof of his existence has been on the ID group, his non-existence not yet been proved by those anti to the concept (even if his existence is not considered essential, Occam's razor, blah, blah). 3. In my opinion, whether ID should be taught in schools alongside evolution is hardly the point. Truth must. Facts must. The rabid fundamentalists are always the ones suppressing truth. "The Research behind the Fact" being my line of business, I've seen way too much speculation passed off as fact, and taught as such. Like someone said, there are always two sides to a story. And then there's the truth.
