CSC - Rick Santorum, the Santorum Amendment and Intelligent Design

Rick Santorum, Republican presidential candidate has a record of supporting Intelligent Design as a discussion point in public schools.

From the Discovery Institute:

CSC - Rick Santorum, the Santorum Amendment and Intelligent Design: " The Santorum Amendment (in both its original and revised version) did not mandate teaching intelligent design, nor did it encourage teaching creationism or religion in the classroom. Instead, it encouraged open discussion and inquiry by teachers and students.

The approach advocated by the Santorum Amendment is favored by the vast majority of Americans, no matter what their race, gender, or political party. According to a nationwide Zogby poll in 2009, 80 percent of likely voters “agree that teachers and students should have the academic freedom to discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of evolution as a scientific theory,” while 78 percent of likely voters agree with the statement, “Biology teachers should teach Darwin’s theory of evolution, but also the scientific evidence against it.” "