Intelligent Design

By Claude Ezran

Here is what I declared to the Palo Alto Weekly in the October 5, 2005 issue.

Ezran: "I am very strongly opposed to the teaching of intelligent design or creationism in schools. I strongly believe that we need to have a separation between church and school. I am really amazed by the amount of energy that is being wasted in this country on issues, such as intelligent design, abortion, gay rights, stem cells, the right for some women to get access to contraceptives in a pharmacy. We must be the only Western nation that is having such destructive debates. It's due to the emergence of he religious right in this country and it's destructive debate. It's preventing us from dealing with more important and urgent issues as a nation."

I was the only school board candidate with a very clear and strong answer. I did not try to please everybody, and was not afraid of taking a stand on this issue.