ID Fight Moves to California

A rural California high school is the latest battleground in the intelligent design (ID) culture war, according to MSNBC. A key difference in the Lebec, CA law suit and the recent Pennsylvania decision is that parents are objecting to ID being taught outside of science class. The course title is "Philosophy of Design," and it is being taught by a social studies teacher whose husband is a minister. The legal team representing 11 parents, as in the Dover, PA suit, is Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

According to Forbes: "The five-member school board was divided when it learned about the class last month and discovered three guest lecturers were scheduled in support of intelligent design but none for evolution." The board approved the course by a 3-2 vote in a January 1 session (reminder: both a holiday and a Sunday).

Writing in the Bakersfield Californian, twice-weekly contributing columnist Marylee Shrider sees no problem teaching something that, to paraphrase the President, is just a theory:

Other schools are watching Frazier Mountain High School to see how this controversy plays out. It’s too early to tell how the story will end in Kern County, but one thing’s for sure. The decision by Judge Jones [in Pennsylvania] is not the final word — not with a growing number of credentialed scientists and intellectuals finding validity in the science behind the theory.

Evolution and intelligent design are theories and will remain theories until they can be proven conclusively, without qualification, gaps or flaws. Until that time, why not invite our bright young minds to join the debate?

See: PA Judge Rules Intelligent Design Unconstitutional, Kansas Redefines Science

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