THE opening shots were fired on 26 September in the first court case to scrutinise intelligent design (ID), the creationist alternative to Darwinian evolution.
The case, brought by 11 parents of children at Dover High School in Pennsylvania, challenges the local school board’s decision to expose kid to ID in science classes.
The plaintiffs’ attorneys will employ a double-pronged strategy, simultaneously attacking ID’s scientific credentials to lay bare its religious motivation and highlighting its similarities to creation science.
After opening statements, the plaintiffs called their first expert witness, biologist Kenneth Miller of Brown University in Rhode Island. He drew parallels…
