NCSE on Utah and ID

The National Center for Science Education released an news brief about the push for the inclusion of intelligent design (or "divine design", as Sen. Buttars unwisely called it) in public schools. It summarizes a couple of newspaper articles, and editorials in reaction.

Utahns concerned about the threatened "divine design" legislation are encouraged to get in touch with Duane Jeffrey, a professor of biology at Brigham Young University and a member of NCSE's board of directors, at duane_jeffery@byu.edu.

Another interesting excerpt:

The Eagle Forum's Ruzicka explained her motivations for supporting the threatened legislation: "What an insult to teach children that they have evolved from a lower life to what they are now, and then they go home and learn that they are someone special, a child of God. ... This is not right."

I can see Ruzicka's point of view. But while we're talking about insults, oh nevermind.