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On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin

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On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin (1859)

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Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District
by United States District Judge John E. Jones III (December 20, 2005)

This 139-page document is the ruling in the recent "intelligent design" (ID) case in Dover, PA. In it, Judge Jones rules that ID is religion and not science. Therefore, he says it would be unconstitutional to teach it in public school classes; and he forbids its teaching in any school within the Dover Area School District.

This is the document in which he refers to "The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision" to present evolution as bad science and refer the students to a basically religious book for information about ID instead. He continues, "The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources."

This is a carefully reasoned, detailed document with clear guidance for other school boards who might be tempted to teach religion as science. And it's actually written mostly in plain, everyday English that even non-lawyers can understand.

Judge Jones was appointed by the current President Bush. It would be a great time for our nation and the world if all his appointments were to turn out so well. This ruling by Judge Jones makes it possible to hope.

Note: Before Judge Jones made this ruling, the people of Dover had already removed the eight school board members who had promoted ID and replaced them with more scientifically literate members. The newly restructured board had already voted to reverse the action of the old board, so there appears to be no question of an appeal in the case.

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