[ClaireSolt]

I am upset about this on two counts. First, school boards, not federal judges should decide curriculum. Second, scientists, not lawyers should determine what science is. He could have and should have declined to take the case. The arrogance of lawyers should be reigned in, and they should not rule.

[wintertime]

First, school boards, not federal judges should decide curriculum.

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The biggest political bullies control the school board. They then gets to crush the freedom of conscience of many.

Education can not be neutral in content or consequences.....So...when did it become OK for voters to establish the worldview of some ( with religious consequences) while actively undermining the most cherished traditions of others ( with religious consequences)?

[From many - one.]

1. If the school board does something that som citizens believe violates the law, those citizens have a right to ask a judge to decide if it does or does not violate the law.

2. Scientists have already decided what science is, and even the witnesses for the defendants acknowledged that ID does not meetthe criteria for science, while other witnesses for the defense admitted they had a religious, not a scientific motive for including ID.

3. It was the defense that comitted perjury.

Read the case and the jdge's decision.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Then you should be happy about this case. The judge ruled that science is determined by scientists (not by lawyers or even school boards.)

[shuckmaster]

First, school boards, not federal judges should decide curriculum. Second, scientists, not lawyers should determine what science is.

In this case. the school board and scientists had contrasting positions and they called the judge and lawyers in to decide the case for them. You can't fault the judge for doing his job in that situation.