In 2001 he championed a "teach the controversy" amendment and earlier this year Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) commended the Dover Area School District for "attempting to teach the controversy of evolution."
But Senator Santorum was no where to be seen during the six-week trial and one day after a Federal judge ruled that the district's policy on intelligent design was unconstitutional, Santorum said he was troubled by court testimony that showed some school board members were motivated by religion in adopting the policy.
And, he went further and said that he disagreed with the school board for mandating the teaching of intelligent design, rather than just the controversy surrounding evolution.
Finally, working himself up into a real lather, Santorum--who sits on the advisory board of the Thomas More Law Center, which defended the school board in court--said that the case offered "a bad set of facts" to test the concept that theories other than evolution should be taught in science classrooms. "I thought the Thomas More Law Center made a huge mistake in taking this case and in pushing this case to the extent they did," Santorum said, adding that he intends to withdraw his affiliation with the Michigan-based public-interest law firm that promotes Christian values.
Santorum now critical of Dover case - Philadelphia Inquirer
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