Santorum Withdraws From Thomas More Center Advisory Board

The decision last week by Judge John E. Jones in the Kitzmiller case rejecting the teaching of intelligent design in public schools has had its own political fallout, according to an AP story last week. Last Thursday, Republican Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum withdrew from the advisory board of the Thomas More Law Center which had backed the school board's experiment in teaching intelligent design and had represented the school board in the litigation. Santorum is in the midst of a hotly contested Senate race. He explained that his previous statements backing intelligent design meant that teachers should have the freedom to mention intelligent design -- not be required to do so. Santorum's leading Democratic challenger in his 2006 reelection bid, state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr., accused him of political expediency.