Caldwell’s Roseville Joint Union High School District suit

In October 2005 Caldwell filed suit in California federal court claiming that he was unconstitutionally denied access to various forums to promote his “Quality Science Education” proposals. In Caldwell v. Roseville Joint Union High School District Caldwell alleged free speech, establishment clause, due process and equal protection violations because his proposals were not placed on the School Board’s agenda, his complaints about the school district’s biology textbook were rejected, and his proposals were not placed on the agenda of of the Curriculum Instruction Team in his children’s high school. In September 2007 the California federal district court dismissed Caldwell’s suit. In granting summary judgment to the school district, the court emphasized that “this case is not about whether a theory of intelligent design can or should be included in the science curriculum…. Rather, this case is about whether Larry Caldwell was denied access to speak in various fora or participate in certain processes because of his actual or perceived religious beliefs.” Caldwell used in his proposed syllabus written material from the Discovery Institute’s Cornelius Hunter and a video entitled Icons of Evolution based on Jonathan Wells’ book by the same name, also from the institute.

Is it just me, or does this grievance theatre remind anyone else of another group?