Posted on 01/07/2005 8:55:59 AM PST by JesseHousman
ANN ARBOR, MI — After several depositions of Dover Area School District board members and superintendent, and reviewing documents and board meeting minutes, ACLU lawyers notified a federal judge in Pennsylvania yesterday that they would not seek to stop the school district from making ninth grade biology students aware of the gaps and problems in Darwin’s theory of evolution and of alternative theories, including the theory of intelligent design.
The theory of intelligent design, which is endorsed by a growing number of credentialed scientists, helps explain the complex, information-rich structures observed by biologists. The ACLU along with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State filed a federal lawsuit in December challenging the Dover school policy on the grounds that the intelligent design theory was inherently religious.
The school district is being represented by the Thomas More Law Center.
Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center commented, "The ACLU pull back is clearly a good sign for the Dover School District. After several days of depositions it became clear that they simply did not have a strong enough case to ask that the policy be blocked. Clearly, if they thought they could have succeeded they would have asked the court to stop the policy before it was implemented."
Because of the new policy, students will be read a one-minute statement at the beginning of their class on evolution explaining that the theory of evolution is a scientific theory that continues to be tested, and that alternative theories such as the theory of intelligent design exist. Teachers will still teach and test students on the theory of evolution according to Pennsylvania Academic Standards.
The Pennsylvania school district is the first district in the country to require teachers to make students aware of the controversy surrounding evolution specifically referring to the theory of intelligent design. The Dover school board voted 6-3 in October 18, 2004 to adopt the new policy. According to polls, Americans overwhelmingly desire to learn more about the scientific evidence for and against Darwin’s theory of evolution. Moreover, the Dover School policy is consistent with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, in which Congress encouraged schools to present a full range of scientific views when teaching controversial topics, citing as an example the subject of biological evolution.
The ACLU lawsuit will continue with a trial expected in early summer.
© 2004, Thomas More Law Center
Viva Thomas Moore Law Center.
I'm glad to see someone fight back and expose the ACLU for what it is.
Jay777 has an ACLU ping list
Maybe students should be assigned an essay on whether ID is actually science. Can anyone find a falsifiable hypothesis in there?
The ACLU blinked, and is on the retreat. I'm just to the east, in the York area, and have been following this very closely.
ACLU = The Enemy Within™.
Time to destroy them and the UN.
"The ACLU is the Spawn of Satan."
How does it explain?
Agreed.
Liberals, bureaucrats, political hacks, communists, NEA members, etc. understand this deliberate confusion.
They hate the United States!
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) - http://www.alliancedefensefund.org
Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) - http://www.thomasmore.org
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - http://www.aclj.org
The Rutherford Institute - http://www.rutherford.org/
Stop the ACLU Coalition - http://www.stoptheaclu.org
Here are a few examples of how two of those organizations are fighting back:
ADF Contacts Over 3,600 School Districts Over Attempts To Censor Christmas
ADF: 700 lawyers ready to fight ACLU lawsuits
ADF: Pentagons' Warning About Boyscouts Is Absurd
Thomas More Law Center: Town of Palm Beach Pays $50,000 In Attorney Fees Apologizes To Women In Nativity Lawsuit
Additional information:
The ACLU must be destroyed: Joseph Farah supports Boy Scouts, urges Americans to fight back
Citizens mobilized to stop ACLU (seeks to consign group to 'ash heap of history')
ACLU fulfilling communist agenda
Revealing FACTS on the ACLU from its own writings
See how YOUR Senator or Representative ranks with the ACLU
This yahoo group just started on December 3, 2004 and is looking for new members
Let me know if you would like to join my ACLU ping list
ACLU Ping!
Sign this petition to stop taxpayer funding of the ACLU! http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/ACLU/
Very good news. Let's stop these vermin from dictating their satanic views.
Please refer to my initial post: How does it explain?
BTTT
Your question is about as clear as my windshield when I have to drive across Florida from Naples to Miami in July.
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