This juicy news bite comes from Phil Plait of "Bad Astronomy" fame. I would be curious of the total time and monies spent and wasted on these frivolous pieces of legislation nation wide. How much taxpayer money has gone into defending them and couldn't this money be better spent?
Of course, brevity and legality are two different things. As I have pointed out many times before, teaching intelligent design in public schools is illegal, because ID is the same thing as creationism, and that’s religion, which is a no-no to teach in schools. In fact, it’s unconstitutional (that link goes to the written opinion of Judge John Jones in the Kitzmiller vs. Dover case—a federal judge, and, I’ll note, a conservative one).
Intelligent design in South Dakota: Bill would allow teaching of creationism in public schools.
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