Whereas, what ID has to say, is so utterly respectful and courteous toward the hundreds of thousands of biological scientists who slave away to expand the story of Darwinian evolution in concrete detail, after having spend a fortune and a good part of their lives becoming qualified to do so.
As I recall, we don't normally consult lay opinions about what is taught in science class, for the same reason we don't hire the deaf to teach music, or the illiterate to teach english. If we wanted children to graduate from school with their brains as mushy as they started, we wouldn't waste the money on schools. When laypersons want to use the color of law to countermand what scientists want to put in science textbooks, it is an affront no rhetoric in these threads comes remotely close to matching.
That response can stand on it's pompous silly self! I will say that Science in this and many cases is not a house undivided nor is it a house untainted with the stench of politics. Your irrelevant analogies notwithstanding, ID wether there are the dreaded Creatists in their midsts or not, deserves airing. As I said before, free inquiry means exactly that(on a turtle) people are not disqualified by their religion. Those of you that think so, can find yourselves being prominently featured in all kinds of history books throughou time( a hint...your not the fairy...your the Gremlin!)