What's the Matter with Dover, PA? Nothing.

In response to my post yesterday (which has a great comment from Facade Friend Kat) about the Kansas move to teach intelligent design alongside with evolution, here's some good news from the other major area of the country that's roiling in debate over teaching intelligent design--Dover, Pennsylvania (from the AP, via MSNBC):

Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members who backed a statement on intelligent design being read in biology class, ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who want the concept stripped from the science curriculum.

The election unfolded amid a landmark federal trial involving the Dover public schools and the question of whether intelligent design promotes the Bible’s view of creation. Eight Dover families sued, saying it violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

Dover’s school board adopted a policy in October 2004 that requires ninth-graders to hear a prepared statement about intelligent design before learning about evolution in biology class.