Legal Challenge to "Intelligent Design" in Pennsylvania School District

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Subject: Media Advisory: Press Conference Announcing Legal Challenge to 
"Intelligent Design" in Pennsylvania School District
Author: Paul Silva <psilva@xxxxxxxx>
Date: 13th December 2004 3:51:07 pm

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*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***

Press Conference Announcing Legal Challenge to "Intelligent Design"
Curriculum in PA School District


WHEN:   Tuesday, December 14, 1:00 p.m.

WHAT:   The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, Americans United
for Separation of Church and State and attorneys with Pepper Hamilton LLP
will file a federal lawsuit on Tuesday on behalf of 11 parents who say that
presenting "intelligent design" to students in public school violates their
religious liberty by promoting religious beliefs to their children under the
guise of science education.

                 The lawsuit will be the first in the nation to challenge the
instruction of "intelligent design," which is an assertion that an
intelligent, supernatural entity has intervened in the history of life. The
"intelligent design" debate gained national attention after the Dover Area
School District Board in Pennsylvania voted in October to require science
teachers to present this religious view as an alternative to the scientific
theory of evolution. Dover is believed to be the first school district to
mandate such a policy.

WHERE:  Pennsylvania State Capitol, East Wing Rotunda
                 Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg

WHO:    Parents, scientists, clergy members and attorneys who are
challenging the Dover School District policy.

                 Attorneys and clients in the lawsuit will not be available
for comment before the Tuesday press conference.

CONTACT:        Paul Silva, ACLU Nat'l, 212-549-2689 or 2666
                 Joe Conn, Americans United, 202-466-3234 or 202-365-8507

see:
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacherevolution.html


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