PBS Tonight at 8: The Dover Creationist Trial

By: PM
Published On: 11/13/2007 6:32:18 PM

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Scheduled for 8:00 on PBS tonight -- a special on the Kitzmiller v. Miller creationist trial.

You probably know the background -- but here's a brief recap:

In 2004, the Dover, Pennsylvania school board established a policy that science teachers would have to read a statement to biology students suggesting that there is an alternative to Darwin's theory of evolution called intelligent design. Intelligent design, or ID, claims that certain features of life are too complex to have evolved naturally, and therefore must have been designed by an intelligent agent. The Dover high school science teachers refused to comply with the policy, refused to read the statement. And parents opposed to the school board's actions filed a lawsuit in federal court.


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