Some one-day comment in passing in a minute percentage of biology classes in High schools that some people believe in ID is about as trivial an issue as there is.
The massive hysteria on the part of those "objecting" is telling of larger issues.
So, it's such a trivial issue, you've spent a large amount of time arguing with us over what a trivial issue it is.
What's wrong with this picture?
We disagree here, big time. I think that you misunderstood my post. From what I have seen, instruction regarding evolution in biology class in high school is very limited, as is instruction in other sciences. Most students (in my high school, at least) had no instruction in the TOE at all. What little there is should not be mixed in with the non-science of ID.
ID is not scientific, it is not science, it contributes absolutely nothing to our understanding of biology, it makes totally unsupportable claims against our understanding of biology, and it has no place whatsoever in biology class. Science is not about what we believe in, it is about what known facts support.
What I don't understand is why school boards are spending their funding on pointless court battles, all the while complaining that they don't have enough money to fund the schools. It is totally, fiscally irresponsible. To call their actions "conservative" is an insult to conservatism.