"U.S. Court to Weigh Evolution Disclaimer"

[GreenPartyVoter]

A federal appeals court is set to consider whether stickers on text books calling evolution a theory, not fact, were unconstitutional.

In January, schools in Cobb County in suburban Atlanta were forced to peel off the disclaimers when a federal judge said they were an endorsement of religion. The ruling was appealed to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear arguments on Thursday.

Advocates on both sides say the appeals court's decision will go a long way toward shaping a debate between science and religion that has cropped up in various forms around the country.

"If it's unconstitutional to tell students to study evolution with an open mind, then what's not unconstitutional?" said John West, a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think tank that supports intelligent design, the belief that the universe is so complex it must have been created by a higher power. "The judge is basically trying to make it unconstitutional for anyone to have a divergent view, and we think that has a chilling effect on free speech."

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1215-08.htm

[Dark]

1. Don't these wingnuts have anything better to do? nt

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Well they could be fiercely protecting the symbols of Christmas

[Hugin]

2. I was converted to Intelligent Design the other day...

When I realized there was a whole lot of prayer associated with
trusting your life to a bunch of sub-contracted parts bolted together
by the lowest bidder.

I saw the light.

:patriot: