The controversy over teaching Intelligent Design in public schools will apparently assume center stage again this week. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that this week arguments will be heard in the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Selman v. Cobb County School District. In 2001, the Cobb County, Georgia school board ordered stickers placed on their new biology textbooks that contained 101 pages on evolutionary theory. The stickers read: "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered." A lower court ordered the stickers removed. (Full text of opinion).
Meanwhile, today's Washington Post profiles Cobb County, Georgia, pointing out that "the fast-growing suburb of about 650,000 people northwest of Atlanta ... has long shown a remarkable flair for high-profile social controversy." And the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that support for Intelligent Design has made its way into the Orthodox Jewish community, as a conference this week at Florida International University on Torah & Science features Christian ID proponent William A. Dembski as one of its speakers.
