Originally posted by Lokrian
At least that's what the book said. I don't know what version of it eventually made it to court. I guess I will have to look it up and see what about it the judge could possibly call an out and out lie.
The judge wasn't saying ID was a lie. It was fairly well established during the case that the SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS lied when they claimed that their motives for ordering the inclusion of ID in the classroom curriculum wasn't religious, but rather educational. The judge ruled that they were motivated by a desire to promote a religious belief in creation, despite their claims to the contrary. Using the public schools to promote creationism had already been ruled unconstitutional, so the judge merely followed that precedent in ruling the same way in this case.