In the end, it is the moral issue and the faith associated with holding fast to them that have given this nation its true strength. The founders understood this. To whit:
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798That truth still applies today. I do not believe for a moment that holding to that faith, even on this topic, will hurt us. Rather, and to the contrary, it will help us as the Hand of Providence which has long upheld this nation and its liberty remains inclined to do so.
Just my opinion on the matter.
Exactly, intelligent design is a matter of faith. Unfortunately, some crackpots are trying to push it off as science. That's the problem. That's what makes us look like moonbats.