I would just like to take a moment to point out that there is a difference between Young Earth Creationism and the Theory of Intelligent Design.

YEC is a faith based psuedo science that has a much credibility as the Flat earth society.

The Theory of Intelligent Design is one means of explaining what might have caused the Big Bang, Why do things which should be random seem to follow patterns (ie the number phi appearing in many species of plants) as well as others. Is everything random or is there an Intellegence at work? This only crosses over into the realm of religion when one tries to define the intelligence, label it, and claim to know its purpose.

P.S. The bill Charles mentioned at the top of the thread is badly written and should be defeated, even though I generally support “Acedemic Freedom” bills, I cannot support this one.