Florida Citizens for Science

Florida Citizens for Science: "To the editor:

There are two points that absolutely must be driven home when it comes to intelligent design (ID) in the public school science classroom: it’s not science and there is no big controversy concerning evolution to teach high school students. As clearly shown in a court of law during the recent Dover, Penn. case, ID is not science, but rather an extreme ideology. Any citizen uncritically considering ID as a science needs to be told about the many appalling and unscrupulous methods the Dover school board used to insert it into the school system. The presiding judge said (on page 137 of his opinion):

“It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.”

Many people think they know what the issues are, including the president and our governor. Unfortunately, those people have been systematically misled and lied to. Compare the ID literature attacking evolution to scientist’s irrefutable rebuttals. Read the Dover judge’s clear and well-written opinion."