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ACLU lawyer attacks teaching of "intelligent design".


"This clever repackaging of creationism creationism or creation science, belief in the biblical account of the creation of the world as described in Genesis, a characteristic especially of fundamentalist Protestantism (see fundamentalism).  does not merit consideration. [It is] a 21st century version of creationism." Telling a U.S. District judge that the Dover, Pennsylvania Dover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2000 census. History
James Joner purchased 203 acres in 1764 and laid out the town of Dover. It was known as Jonerstown until 1815, when it was officially called Dover.
, school board should be stopped from requiring high school biology teachers to read to students a four-paragraph challenge to Darwinism, Pennsylvania ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union.  legal director Witold Walezak insisted that intelligent design is not science.
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Title Annotation:QuickQuotes; American Civil Liberties Union
Author:McManus, John F.
Publication:The New American
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 31, 2005
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