{"id":769,"date":"2005-12-21T06:42:51","date_gmt":"2005-12-21T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/769\/"},"modified":"2005-12-21T06:44:46","modified_gmt":"2005-12-21T11:44:46","slug":"769","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/769","title":{"rendered":"Well, that’s<\/em> Intelligent!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derek Lowe<\/a>, medicinal chemist extraordinaire, posted the following excerpt from the judge’s ruling in the Intelligent Design case in Dover, PA:<\/p>\n

“. . .The Board contacted no scientists or scientific organizations. The Board failed to consider the views of the District’s school teachers. The Board relied solely on legal advice from two organizations with demonstrably religious, cultural, and legal missions, the Discovery Institute and TMLC. Moreover, Defendants’ asserted secular purpose of improving science education is belied by the fact that most if not all of the Board members who voted in favor of the biology curriculum change conceded that they still do not know, nor have they ever known, precisely what ID is. To assert a secular purpose against this backdrop is ludicrous. . .Defendants have unceasingly attempted in vain to distance themselves from their own actions and statements, which culminated in repetitious, untruthful testimony. . .<\/p>\n

. . .Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activity Court. Rather this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources. . .”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a PDF of the full ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Derek Lowe, medicinal chemist extraordinaire, posted the following excerpt from the judge’s ruling in the Intelligent Design case in Dover, PA: “. . .The Board contacted no scientists or scientific organizations. The Board failed to consider the views of the District’s school teachers. The Board relied solely on legal advice from two organizations with demonstrably … <\/p>\n

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