Breathtaking Inanity

In a rare display of sanity these days a judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that the Dover School district acted illegally when they required the teachers to teach the concept of “intelligent design” which is being offered by Christian groups as a “scientific” alternative to the theory of evolution. Wisely many teachers refused, though school administrators stepped in to attempt to ram the ridiculous idea down the throats of students.

In the judge’s words:

"The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. 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."

For the record, George W. Bush thinks the theory of evolution is, at best, "iffy" and sides with the intelligent design crowd.