A Judge For Reality

3:12 pm EST December 20th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The words of the judge in the Dover intelligent design case should be printed in every science and history textbook in America.

The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.

With that said, we do not question that many of the leading advocates of ID
have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors. Nor do we controvert that ID should continue to be studied, debated, and discussed. As stated, our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom.

Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an
activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy.

The breathtaking inanity of the Board s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.

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3 Responses to “A Judge For Reality”

  1. Quaker in a Basement says:
    December 20, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    I don’t understand why he beat around the bush. Why not just come out and say what he means?

    Haw.

  2. PISSED OFF AMERICAN says:
    December 20, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    The reason the decision was written the way it was is becuase of prior Supreme Court decisions.

    Here is my favorite part of the decision:

    Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an
    activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources

  3. Ryland says:
    December 20, 2005 at 4:12 pm

    Those who accuse Judge Jones of being an “activist judge” should keep in mind that he was appointed by none other than our own Intelligent Design-lovin’ president, George W. Bush.