The Flying Spaghetti Monster dealt a defeat

It seems proponents of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have been dealt a blow as a U.S. District judge ruled that teaching 'intelligent design' violates the separation of church and state. Judge John Jones wrote about the recent decision by the Dover Area School District's decision to require teachers to mention 'intelligent design':

To be sure, Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions

He also said of the the proponents of FSM:

It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose

Truer words have not been said.