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This @ Cabalamat Journal is so good I quote it in full:

Phyllis Schafly thinks that American schools should keep "an open mind about evolution" and teach opposing theories such as Creationism (or Intelligent Design as it is now being re-packaged).

I agree. It's good to keep an open mind. So as well as saying that the 9/11 attacks were caused by al-Qa'ida terrorists, American schools should also teach the opposing theory that they were a Mossad plot.

Because, even though the Mossad theory is wildly implausible, it is still many orders of magnitude more likely than Creationism is.

Just a reminder what size of problem we are dealing with, in the USA:

• 65% favor teaching 'creation' alongside 'evolution' in public schools (18-21 November 2004 CBS/NYT poll)
• 45% believe God created Man in its present form (and 38% more that God guided its evolution),
  
• 35% believe Darwin's theory of evolution is not well supported by evidence (29% more don't know enough to say) (both 7-10 November 2004 Gallup poll)
• 55% believe that every word of the Bible is literally accurate (and 82% are Athanasians) (2-3 December 2004 Newsweek poll)
• 34% even believe the Bible is the actual word of God (48% more believe it is the inspired word of God) (7-10 November 2004 Gallup poll)
  

...while in Britain, Bliar allowed and defended the emergence of a small network of creationism-teaching private schools (see at the end of this post of mine, in which you also find a more precise description of Intelligent Design than 'repackaging of Creationism').