Hey VOD ... did you see the Nova episode about the Intelligent Design text book trial that was brought by parents in a PA school district. I know that you said you live in PA so it might have been a hot topic though I think it was on the other side of the state from you.

It was a fantastic show. The parents & I think maybe some teachers protested that the reading of a statement challenging evolution and suggesting "intelligent design".

An interesting twist was that the case was heard by a judge appointed by "W" - so it seemed that there might be some leaning to the crazy right afoot.

They were able to prove the court that "intelligent design" was simply a substitution for Creationism ... partially since they actually showed that the text was "jondra-ed" in a mass replace from the original version of the textbook to the current version. [A bad misspelling synched it ... I don't remember what it was, but even Donny Long would have blushed - it was so obvious].

The judge slammed "intelligent design" as not science - and he's taken a bunch of shit for it from the right.

Link to info:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/

Again: Great episode ... Brave Judge.