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I believe earlier in the week the Kansas Sate Board of Education voted 6-4 
to emphasize ID in its elementary schools, and they are at work redefining 
the definition of science. I believe I also heard that the Dover Board of 
Education voted out everyone who had upheld ID. No details, but probably the 
NCSE (National Center for Science Education) has them. They have regular 
summaries of the Dover trial.

Jonah Cohen wrote:

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> Right on schedule, even more lunacy is added to the Dover PA fight over
> Intelligent Design.
> 
> At least he didn't suggest that any scientists be taken out,
> Jonah Cohen
> Outreach & Public Programs Manager
> Science Center of Connecticut
> 
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> Televangelist Robertson warns town of God's wrath By Alan Elsner 
> 
> 
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Christian televangelist Pat Robertson
> told citizens of a Pennsylvania town that they had rejected God by voting
> their school board out of office for supporting "intelligent design" and
> warned them on Thursday not to be surprised if disaster struck. 
> 
> Robertson, a former Republican presidential candidate and founder of the
> influential conservative Christian Broadcasting Network and Christian
> Coalition, has a long record of similar apocalyptic warnings and provocative
> statements.
> 
> Last summer, he hit the headlines by calling for the assassination of
> leftist Venezuelan Present Hugo Chavez, one of     President George W.
> Bush's most vocal international critics.
> 
> "I'd like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a disaster in
> your area, don't turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city,"
> Robertson said on his daily television show broadcast from Virginia, "The
> 700 Club."
> 
> "And don't wonder why He hasn't helped you when problems begin, if they
> begin. I'm not saying they will, but if they do, just remember, you just
> voted God out of your city. And if that's the case, don't ask for His help
> because he might not be there," he said.
> 
> The 700 Club claims a daily audience of around one million. It is also
> broadcast around the world translated into more than 70 languages.
> 
> In voting on Tuesday, all eight Dover, Pennsylvania, school board members up
> for re-election lost their seats after trying to introduce "intelligent
> design" to high school science students as an alternative to the theory of
> evolution.
> 
> Adherents of intelligent design argue that certain forms in nature are too
> complex to have evolved through natural selection and must have been created
> by a "designer." Opponents say it is the latest attempt by conservatives to
> introduce religion into the school science curriculum.
> 
> The Dover case sparked a trial in federal court that gained nationwide
> attention after the school board was sued by parents backed by the
> American Civil Liberties Union. The board ordered schools to read students a
> short statement in biology classes informing them that the theory of
> evolution is not established fact and that gaps exist in it.
> 
> The statement mentioned intelligent design as an alternate theory and
> recommended students read a book that explained the theory further. A
> decision in the case is expected before the end of the year.
> 
> In 1998, Robertson warned the city of Orlando, Florida that it risked
> hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorist bombs after it allowed homosexual
> organizations to put up rainbow flags in support of sexual diversity. 
> 
> [The following added to later articles...]
> 
> Later Thursday, Robertson issued a statement saying he was simply trying to
> point out that "our spiritual actions have consequences."
> 
> "God is tolerant and loving, but we can't keep sticking our finger in his
> eye forever," Robertson said. "If they have future problems in Dover, I
> recommend they call on Charles Darwin. Maybe he can help them."
> 
> Robertson made headlines this summer when he called on his daily show for
> the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
> 
> In October 2003, he suggested that the State Department be blown up with a
> nuclear device. He has also said that feminism encourages women to "kill
> their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become
> lesbians."
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