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The Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma V. Darwin in Small-town America
By Lauri Lebo
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Local newspaper reporter Lauri Lebo was handed the story of a lifetime when the Dover (Pennsylvania) School Board adopted a measure to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn about intelligent design. In a case that recalled the famed 1925 Scopes monkey” trial and made international headlines, eleven parents sued the school board. When the case wound up in federal court before a George W. Bushappointed judge, Lebo had a front-row seat.
Destined to become required reading for a generation of journalists, scientists, and science teachers, as well as for anyone concerned about the separation of church and state, The Devil in Dover is Lebo’s widely praised account of a perfect storm of religious intolerance, First Amendment violations, and an assault on American science education. Lebo skillfully probes the compelling background of the case, introducing us to the plaintiffs, the defendants, the lawyers, and a parade of witnesses, along with Judge John E. Jones, who would eventually condemn the school board’s decision as one of breathtaking inanity.”
With the antievolution battle having moved to the state leveland the recent passage of state legislation that protects the right of schools to teach alternatives to evolutionthe story will continue to be relevant for years to come.
Destined to become required reading for a generation of journalists, scientists, and science teachers, as well as for anyone concerned about the separation of church and state, The Devil in Dover is Lebo’s widely praised account of a perfect storm of religious intolerance, First Amendment violations, and an assault on American science education. Lebo skillfully probes the compelling background of the case, introducing us to the plaintiffs, the defendants, the lawyers, and a parade of witnesses, along with Judge John E. Jones, who would eventually condemn the school board’s decision as one of breathtaking inanity.”
With the antievolution battle having moved to the state leveland the recent passage of state legislation that protects the right of schools to teach alternatives to evolutionthe story will continue to be relevant for years to come.
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