The Center for Science & Culture reports that on Monday the Discovery Institute, the leading think tank on intelligent design, filed an Amicus Curiae brief in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District urging the judge uphold the constitutionality of teaching Intelligent Design. Monday marked the beginning of the defense's presentation of evidence in the case. Dover School Board has required to read to students a statement notifying them about the existence of the theory of intelligent design as an alternative to the theory of evolution. (See prior posting.)
The 34-page amicus brief (full text) argues that there are many secular purposes for teaching the theory of Intelligent design, and that teaching it advances science education and does not primarily advance religion. The brief also has 2 Appendices, one setting out the revised expert report of Stephen C. Meyer, PhD, and the other claiming to document that Intelligent Design makes no claims about the identity or nature of the intelligent cause responsible for life.
