Intelligent Design court ruling observations

.....Cleaning up unfinished drafts...

This story on MSNBC.com reveals how the American Left will continue to erode the historical culture of our society, and will further ensure the aimlessness and hedonism of our youth.

Salient quotes from the article:

"Intelligent design" is "a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory ..."

"Dover Area School Board members violated the Constitution when they ordered that its biology curriculum must include the notion that life on Earth was produced by an unidentified intelligent cause, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III said. "

“We conclude that the religious nature of ID would be readily apparent to an objective observer, adult or child."

Jones blasted the disclaimer, saying it "singles out the theory of evolution for special treatment, misrepresents its status in the scientific community, causes students to doubt its validity without scientific justification, presents students with a religious alternative masquerading as a scientific theory, directs them to consult a creationist text as though it were a science resource and instructs students to forgo scientific inquiry (??) in the public school classroom and instead to seek out religious instruction elsewhere."

And this is a very interesting presumptive statement about the Dover Board that proposed the Disclaimer: "several members repeatedly lied to cover their motives even while professing religious beliefs." (Emphasis added)
They professed religious beliefs... The editorializing in that statement implies that professing religious beliefs is in conflict with lying. That's not surprising, of course. TRUTH is a hallmark of Christianity. (I didn't use religion because some religions don't give a wit about Truth. In fact, some don't even accept the notion.)
But, isn't it expected of everyone to tell the truth? Not just those who profess religious beliefs. Naively expected, I suppose.

Judge Jones is clearly injecting his over-reactive personal opinion into the court decision when he claims that the Dover school board disclaimer "instructs students to forgo scientific inquiry" in the classroom, or anywhere else. Another idiotic accusation about the intent and effect of including some mention of Intelligent Design in science class. Including it, not replacing evolution theory with it.

Brad