Intelligent Design

Last year in Dover, Pennsylvania, the school board voted in favor of a policy that requires science teachers in the public schools to make their students aware of a theory of evolution outside the widely accepted Darwinism called "Intelligent Design". Also known as "ID", the controversial idea claims that evolution is a planned guided process from God, not one of natural selection. Now the Dover School Board is in court, after a group of angry parents took issue with the board's position, on the grounds that religion should stay out of the public schools. The Dover case is one of the more heated examples of the new wave of challenges to Darwinism, and its causing public schools across the country to address how or whether to teach Intelligent Design in their classrooms. We'll look at the debate. Laura is joined by David DeWolf, Professor of Law at Gonzaga Law School. Mr. DeWolf filed a brief for the Dover case on behalf of the Discovery Institute, a think tank that promotes Intelligent Design. Laura will also be joined by Dr. Jeremy Gunn, Director of the ACLU program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. Dr. Gunn will be at the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord on Sunday, October 23rd, discussing Intelligent Design.