Finally a sensible bit of news....

From The Guardian...

Judge rules against 'intelligent design'

Tuesday December 20, 2005

A US federal judge today ruled that "intelligent design" - the belief that a higher power, rather than evolution, created life - cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania school district.

The Dover area school board violated the constitution when it ordered that its biology curriculum must include intelligent design (ID), district judge John Jones said.

The policy, adopted in October 2004, is believed to have been the first of its kind in the country.

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BBC
NYT

If this ruling had turned out otherwise, I think it'd have been sadder than Dubya winning his second term.

Now is the time to say : "I told you so!!"

Thank God for the ruling ... ;)
(yes, it is meant to be ironic, you morons).