OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- In a broad and blistering landmark decision, a federal district court judge Tuesday ruled it unconstitutional to teach intelligent design, a concept critical of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, in the nation's public school science classrooms.
Using scathing language that described the defendants as liars and their actions as "breathtaking ianity," Judge John Jones III rendered what many consider a watershed decision in the culture wars over the teaching of evolution, also ruling that intelligent design, or ID, is not a scientific theory but a religious belief.