At Issue in Trial: Is 'Intelligent Design' Really Creationism?

Focuses on a trial in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania involving teaching the theory of "intelligent design" in public school education. View of intelligent-design critics that it is a thinly veiled version of creationism, which was barred by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1987 from being taught in public schools; Reasons why the book "Of Pandas and People" has become central to the case; Views espoused in the book that proponents of intelligent design claim are evidence that the theory is scientific, and not religious; Allegations that the writers of the book changed the wording in the book to take out references to creationism after the 1987 Supreme Court ruling against creationism being taught in public schools; Passage from the original draft of the book, which includes the word "creation." INSET: Text Evolution.