President Supports Teaching of Intelligent Design In Schools

In a rather startling interview yesterday with reporters from a group of Texas newspapers, President George W. Bush supported the teaching of "intelligent design" along with evolution in the public schools. The Associated Press reports that Bush, while declining to talk about his personal views on the origins of life, said that students should learn both theories. He said: “I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of thought. You’re asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, the answer is yes.”