I am speechless -it's one thing to privately advocate that creationism or intelligent design be taught in public schools, but it is quite another to announce it publicly as a matter of national policy, which President Bush has effectively done, using the power of the bully pulpit.....
Bush endorses teaching "intelligent design" in schools
By Ron Hutcheson
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON — President Bush waded into the debate over evolution and "intelligent design" yesterday, saying schools should teach both on the origins and complexity of life.
In a wide-ranging question-and-answer session with a small group of reporters, Bush essentially endorsed efforts by Christian conservatives to give intelligent design equal standing with evolution in the nation's schools.
Proponents of intelligent design suggest that the complexity of life forms cannot be explained by evolutionary theory alone but rather points to intentional creation, presumably divine.
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