Source: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life/The New York Times
http://pewforum.org/news/display.php?NewsID=5935
On December 21, 2005 The New York Times reported, "A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional for a Pennsylvania school district to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in high school biology courses because it is a religious viewpoint that advances 'a particular version of Christianity.' In the nation's first case to test the legal merits of intelligent design, the judge, John E. Jones III, issued a broad, stinging rebuke to its advocates and provided strong support for scientists who have fought to bar intelligent design from the science curriculum. Judge Jones also excoriated members of the Dover, Pa. school board who he said lied to cover up their religious motives, made a decision of 'breathtaking inanity' and 'dragged' their community into 'this legal maelstrom with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.' Eleven parents in Dover, a growing suburb about 20 miles south of Harrisburg, sued their school board a year ago after it voted to have teachers read students a brief statement introducing intelligent design in ninth-grade biology class." A full text of this ruling is available at: www.nytimes.com/evolution.