I downloaded the PDF of the judge’s decision when it was available, but haven’t read it yet(!). I’ve been interested in the subject of evolution for most of my life, but, unfortunately most of my family were and still are very religious folks, not to the edge of fundamentalism, but enough to make the occasional remark that evolution is only a theory. As if that were some sort of put-down.

I love ‘em, but I don’t discuss such when in their presence. Lately the father of my brother-in-law has taken to reading books and watching videos on how astronomically ‘privileged we are, unfortunately from a ‘God did this for us’ perspective.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html

It is pretty sad that they think they have to censor their broadcasts just so they don’t offend some people who don’t want to hear the truth. Of course it will look one-sided, the trial itself was on-sided. The IDers screwed it up big-time. The Nova episode apparently just told it as it was. The only thing the DI could come up with in the way of criticism were a few meaningless nit-picks.

The average American voter is not educated enough…

I think you could just stop right there. Herein lies the crux of the matter, and the only viable long-term solution to it as well, as far as I can tell.

Kisses Sergeant Zim,

JanieBelle