Ellington

USA Today is reporting an interesting development in the Dover "Monkey Trials".

It seems that the voters in the area decided to take matters into their own hands and replaced eight of the nine school board members who are responsible for the case going to court.

The court verdict in a landmark lawsuit on "intelligent design" is weeks away, but voters in Dover, Pa., delivered their judgment this week by sweeping out eight of nine school board members who decided that ninth-grade science students must be told the concept is an alternative to evolution...

All nine board members backed the classroom statement, but only eight were up for re-election. They all lost to challengers who argued that the discussion doesn't belong in science class.

The Judge isn't set to rule in the case until sometime in January, but it seems as if parents in the school district have decided to preempt this decision.

Now, this quote is what I enjoyed about the article

Attorney Richard Thompson, who represents the ousted board members in the lawsuit, says the election was not a setback. "This is an idea whose time has come. And the vagaries of the political landscape in particular localities are not going to stop the progress." Thompson is president of the Thomas More Law Center, which says its mission is to defend "the religious freedom of Christians."

Because, I just want to ask..."What about the religious freedom of everyone that isn't a Christian?"

Are people NOT getting this?

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103631

Comment

Well, hooray for the voters in Dover, PA. Can we send 'em a gift basket?

Author

kate

Date

2005-11-10T08:53:12-06:00