Source: Beliefnet
Wire Service: AP
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/175/story_17592_1.html
On September 27, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "A rural school board showed a clear bias against teaching evolution before it pushed through a plan to introduce 'intelligent design' to students, a former board member testified Tuesday in a trial over whether the concept has a place in public schools. Aralene 'Barrie' Callahan, who was once on the Dover school board and is now among the challengers, said she believed the policy to teach intelligent design was religion-based. Eight families are trying to remove the theory from Dover Area School District curriculum, arguing that it violates the constitutional separation of church and state. They say it effectively promotes the Bible's view of creation. The school district argues it is letting students know there are differences of opinion about evolution, not endorsing any religious view... The Dover school system is believed to be the nation's first to mandate that students be exposed to the intelligent design concept."