Re: ID ruling

[Scott Lilienfeld]

I'm of course pleased to hear about the judge's decision, although some news outlets, like CNN, are already describing it as "banning" ID theory from being mentioned in biology classes (see www.cnn.com).      Does anyone know if this is accurate, or is it a mischaracterization?  Much as I feel strongly that ID theory should not be taught as an equally viable alternative to Darwinian natural selection in biology classes, I would not want biology teachers to be muzzled into not even mentioning or discussing it.  ....Scott Don Allen wrote: Thanks Jodi- Clearly the judge didn't buy the ID arguement. Vis: "this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. ***The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision *** (my emphasis) is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources. To preserve the separation of church and state mandated by the establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and Art. I, § 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, we will enter an order permanently enjoining Defendants from maintaining the ID Policy in any school within the Dover Area School District, from requiring teachers to denigrate or disparage the scientific theory of evolution, and from requiring teachers to refer to a religious, alternative theory known as ID." It would be nice to think that this ends the push for ID in the schools, but I'm not holding my breath. -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mamma Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:21 am Subject: ID ruling With all of the recent discussion concerning ID, a ruling against it has been just read in the Pennsylvania case. www.chicagotribune.com I'm sure it's also in the other online papers as well. Jodi Jodi Gabert Reed City HS [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology, Room 206 Emory University 532 N. Kilgo Circle Atlanta, Georgia 30322 (404) 727-1125 (phone) (404) 727-0372 (FAX) Home Page: http://www.emory.edu/PSYCH/Faculty/lilienfeld.html The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice: www.srmhp.org The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him – he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]