Does anyone honestly think concerns had not been brought up during the decision making process on ID in the Dover Board of Ed? Are you kidding?

I believe that concerns were likely brought up by parents that were against ID and/or creationism (in the Dover situation) and against religion religion being taught in the classrom in any form (in this situation). We can all admit that it's an issue that very few don't have an opinion on, and a few have very emotional opinions about. Those concerns were likely ignored or argued out (in the Dover case). No, I'm not kidding.

Given the events that have taken place since ... a group/board willing to put forth a "religion course" disguised as a legit course, would be essentially, giving themselves a pink slip and effectively killing the chances of any such courses being introduced elsewhere in the future.

Perhaps I am too optomistic and give people the benefit of the doubt too often. But, IMO, you'd have to be an absolute dumbass, at this point, to try and teach a legit class with an understanding that the class is really about "studying the Bible". Seriously, a school board would be begging to be both fired and sued. In this era, the mention of "religion" or "Bible" or "ID/Creation" in school is the proverbial milliliter of blood in the ocean ... big sharks smell it a mile away.

As I mentioned before, I don't know many (if any) administrators that would even consider such a class. The tight rope that needs to be walked is tough. This was a major point of discussion in our School Law course, and (of course) my chapter for presenting was "Religion and Schools". Highly interesting to me. Very tedious. Very involved regarding the Establishment Clause.