The Columbus Dispatch reports that at yesterday's meeting of the Ohio Board of Education, a member raised the issue of dropping state guidelines on teaching of biology. After a bitter exchange between board members on whether Ohio's model lesson plan was intended to promote Intelligent Design, the board by a vote of 9-8 refused to reconsider the standards. Two board members were absent. Critics of the standards made their point by having a man dressed as a panda outside the board meeting, carrying a copy of the book Pandas and People. The board's vote appears to open the way for threatened litigation by Americans United for Separation of church and State. (See prior posting.)
