Americans United Hails Federal Court Ruling on Intelligent Design

December 20, 2005

Source: Americans United for Separation of Church and State

http://www.au.org/site/News2?abbr=pr&page=NewsArticle&id=7725&JServSessionIdr005=qfxruxug91.app7b

On December 20, 2005 Americans United for Separation of Church and State reported, "Today’s federal court decision against the teaching of 'intelligent design' in Dover, Pa., is a significant blow to Religious Right-led efforts to sneak fundamentalist dogma into public schools under the guise of science, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that the Dover School Board violated the separation of church and state when it voted to introduce intelligent design into science classes by requiring students to listen to a disclaimer critical of evolution. 'This is a tremendous victory for public schools and religious freedom,' said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. 'It means that school board members have no right to impose their personal religious beliefs on students through the school curriculum.' Americans United and the Pennsylvania ACLU brought the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District lawsuit on behalf of Dover parents who oppose the introduction of religious concepts into the public school curriculum."