Pres. Bush Supports Intelligent Design

[Gene Garman]

Re Rick's commentary, this is more than just a "culture war," it is a 
constitutional war. From a Court precedent which Chief Justice Rehnquist 
and the ACLJ (just a guess) do not accept:

The "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment means at 
least this: ... No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to 
support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be 
called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion" 
(Everson v. Board of Education).

I do not believe there is a Court ruling which prohibits teaching of 
world history or world religions or world philosophies in a public 
school. However, the motive of the effort to inject ID into a science 
class is obvious. ID is not science, it is religion and should be in a 
philosophy or world history or world religion class, all of which are 
clearly appropriate. Every public school student should be taught about 
all of the major cultures and religions of the world, as any good broad 
educational program would provide without question.

Gene Garman, M.Div.
America's Real Religion
www.americasrealreligion.org



Rick Duncan wrote:

> Prof. David DeWolf has an excellent article on "teaching the 
> controversy." See DeWolf, Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, 
> Or Religion, Or Speech, 2000 Utah L.Rev. 39.
>  
> As always, the solution to the culture war over the public school 
> curriculum is parental choice and equal funding for all children.
>  
> Cheers, Rick
>
>
>
> Rick Duncan
> Welpton Professor of Law
> University of Nebraska College of Law
> Lincoln, NE 68583-0902
>
> "When the Round Table is broken every man must follow either Galahad 
> or Mordred: middle things are gone." C.S.Lewis, Grand Miracle
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> numbered." --The Prisoner
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