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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

'Intelligent design' teaching ban

From BBC News:

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is widely accepted by scientists
A court in the US has ruled against the teaching of the theory of "intelligent design" alongside Darwinian evolution.

A group of parents in the Pennsylvania town of Dover had taken the school board to court for demanding biology classes not teach evolution as fact.

The authorities wanted to introduce the theory that Earth's life was too complicated to have evolved on its own.

Judge John Jones ruled the school board had violated the constitutional ban on teaching religion in public schools.

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