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And so, it begins.

DOVER, Pa. (AP) -- When talk at the high school here turns to the origins of life, biology teachers have to make time for both Charles Darwin as well as his detractors.

Last month, this rural south-central Pennsylvania community became first in the nation to mandate the teaching of "intelligent design," which holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by an unspecified higher power.

Critics say it's a veiled attempt to require public school children to learn creationism, a biblical-based view that credits the origin of species to God.

The state American Civil Liberties Union chapter is reviewing the matter. Its Georgia counterpart is fighting a suburban Atlanta district's decision to include a warning sticker in biology textbooks that says evolution is "a theory, not a fact."

With all the stuff that we have to do, is it really necessary to go back and re-try the Scopes Monkey Trial?

Say goodbye to the US. The people have spoken, well, at least 51% of the people have spoken, and the rest of us WILL BE ASSIMILATED!