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[...] creationists and intelligent design (ID) advocates were again trying to force their agenda into public school textbooks. In December 2005, U.S. District Judge John Jones, in Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District, ruled that "intelligent design is a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory," thereby enjoining Pennsylvania public schools from teaching any form of ID.4 That same month The New York Times reported that the John Templeton Foundation (TTF) had pledged to fund research proposals and a conference on intelligent design.
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Are the Textbook Wars Over?
AUSTIN, TX - In 2004, Lisa Morano and I reported on die quarrels about evolution and creationism as they have played out in Texas public education policy debates ("The Texas Texubook Wars," Skeptic Vol. 11, No. 1, 18-20). At the time, creationists and intelligent des...
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