No Appeal Likely In Intelligent Design Case

It is unlikely that today's Intelligent Design decision from Dover, Pennsylvania will be appealed. (See prior posting.) In November, Dover voters ousted almost all of the school board members who had initiated the policy and replaced them with individuals who oppose the teaching of intelligent design in science classes. (See prior posting.) The Associated Press reports today that the new school board president, Bernadette Reinking, said the board intends to remove intelligent design from the science curriculum and place it in an elective social studies class. As to today's court decision, she said, "As far as I can tell you, there is no intent to appeal."