See how the acolytes of the neo-darwinist religion flee headlong from the truth!

Intelligent design banned as school debaters' topic
Officials: 'Too controversial' – 'parents wouldn't allow their kids' to participate --Associated Press

Thanks to WND for the latest on the death of one of materialism's primary fables.

High school students won't be debating the issue of intelligent design at state tournaments, the North Dakota High School Activities Association says.

Association spokesman Bob Hetler said parents and school administrators find the topic too controversial. Instead, he said, the state debaters will use a different topic selected by the National Forensic League for February. It will be announced next week.

The league had suggested intelligent design as a January topic, and other states followed the national organization's recommendation.

The state debate tournament is Feb. 3-4 at Fargo South, with a National Forensic League qualifier the day before. A number of individual invitational tournaments are scheduled next month.

``We were going to exclude kids from the state and public forum debate if we stayed with intelligent design,'' Hetler said. ``Some schools were afraid parents wouldn't allow their kids to do this one.''

Intelligent design holds that living organisms are so complex that a higher force must have created them.

States have the right to choose the topics they debate, said J. Scott Wunn, executive secretary of the National Forensic League.

Wunn knows of no other state that is avoiding the topic of intelligent design. Missouri will allow schools to select an alternate topic for tournaments, he said...

Here's the kicker:

Of the 15 North Dakota schools that offer debate as an extracurricular activity, about five of them had some reservations about debating intelligent design, Hetler said.

The state association's decision respects ``schools that might find this topic particularly awkward and conservative North Dakotans that might find this topic awkward,'' said Mandan school Superintendent Kent Hjelmstad.

Ha! I'll bet you $20 it isn't the Christians shrinking from this debate!