Article: Intelligent-design case has little effect locally.

Byline: Bettye Wells Miller

Dec. 22--Inland residents this week said they were not surprised that a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled that teaching intelligent design in science classes is unconstitutional.

Some disagreed with Tuesday's decision, but others said the judge made the right call. And a Palm Springs school board member who once supported the teaching of intelligent design said the ruling sets a precedent that may guide school districts pressed to alter their science curricula.

U.S. District Judge John Jones ruled Tuesday that teaching intelligent design violates the constitutional separation of church and state.

"We have ...

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