Intelligent design goes on trial in federal court.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: September 26, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Anderson

HARRISBURG, Pa. _ The first legal test of intelligent design, a concept critical of Darwin's theory of evolution, began in federal court here Monday, setting the stage for a decision that may influence the way biology is taught in public school classrooms around the country.

Eighty years after the so-called Scopes "Monkey" Trial in Tennessee, which set proponents of evolutionary theory against adherents of the biblical account of creation, this trial is being dubbed "Scopes II."

Essentially, it pits Charles Darwin's theory that life evolves ...

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