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When the school board in Dover, Pa., introduced intelligent design into the curriculum as an alternative to the theory of evolution, a group of parents sued in federal court.(Brief article)

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When the school board in Dover, Pa., introduced intelligent design into the curriculum as an alternative to the theory of evolution, a group of parents sued in federal court. They claimed that intelligent design is merely creationism by another name and therefore violates the separation of church and state. Less than a week after closing arguments, ...

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