This is neo-creationism, trying to avoid the legal morass of trying to teach creationism overtly and slip it in through the backdoor.

Creationism was consciously trying to model the science on a certain interpretation of Genesis. You don't have anything like that in intelligent design.

The most toxic thing about this whole discussion is the impression that most of the public has, that there's a line in the sand, and you have to be on one side or the other.

We can predict this fight happening elsewhere.

When they say 'teach the controversy' — their ringing phrase — they want us to pretend to students that scientists are arguing whether evolution took place. This argument is not taking place.

Evolution makes biology make sense. And if you don't teach your students the evolutionary core of biology, you're making it harder for them.