ID is a form of religion. It supposes that a supreme being is responsible for the creation of all things and rejects real science in the form of natural selection and evolution - things that both have basis in the emperical. ID is the opposite of science. Rather than seeking out the answers for ourselves, it settles for the catch-all explanation that "God did it." It doesn't matter if the word God is used or not, when you boil it down, that's what it's all about. As such, not only is it not science, but as it is based on religious doctrine, the government can make no law respecting the establishment of it. In other words it has no place in public schools. Creationism belongs in church and in Sunday school, not in real school, which is funded by the American taxpayer. You can try to wax it over, but ID is Creationism under a different name, and as even Shakespeare said, "does a rose by any other name not smell just as sweet?" If you choose to ignore science in favor of theology, that's fine, but don't you dare force it on anyone else by calling it "Intelligent Design", slapping the word "theory" on it, and treating it like it's real science that belongs in the classroom. Like it or not, this is a secular country - a simple read through the Constitution should make it clear that that is what the founding fathers intended. It was so important to them that they put it FIRST in the Bill of Rights. It is the very first thing in the First Amendment. These men were all religious yet they all recognized the importance of keeping the government secular. Also like it or not, public schools belong to the government, that's why they call them "public." They are under the perview of the Department of Education, which provides the funding for these schools so our children can get a free education. If someone has kids and wants them to learn ID, they can pay the money and have them sent to a private school that's run by a church, or they can get curriculums from schools like Calvert School so they can home school their kid.
