'Intelligent Design' vs. Darwin: the teaching of evolution comes under fire--again.(Rights watch)

While teachers can't be jailed for discussing evolution--that was banned by the Supreme Court in 1968--the evolution controversy has emerged once again. Last October, the Dover (Pennsylvania) Area School District became the first school system in the country to require biology teachers to instruct students in "Intelligent Design," an alternative theory about the origin of life, and to discredit the theory of evolution.

Dover's new policy states: "Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's Theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, Intelligent Design."

Intelligent design is a theory that certain features of life and …