Dover, PA has escaped the fate of Kansas. Religious red necks will not for the time being, be allowed to turn back the clocks in Dover to the dark ages. See breaking news below.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — "Intelligent design" cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district, a federal judge said Tuesday, ruling in one of the biggest courtroom clashes on evolution since the 1925 Scopes trial.
Dover Area School Board members violated the Constitution when they ordered that its biology curriculum must include the notion that life on Earth was produced by an unidentified intelligent cause, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III said. Several members repeatedly lied to cover their motives even while professing religious beliefs, he said.
"The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy," Jones wrote….
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NOTE: The link in my post for some reason, is now leading to a different report in Washington Post on the same subject.
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