Brown gaucho has set up a website, Conservatives Against Intelligent Design. He elaborates on a few points in one of his introductory posts. So far nearly 200 people have signed the mission statement, with some known figures such as John Derbyshire, Derek Lowe and Pejman Yousefzadeh. It would be nice to have others who have spoken against Intelligent Design on the Right on board. I'm thinking of people like Stephen Bainbridge, if anyone knows him, send him an email!
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Brown Gaucho seems to have set up a petition under the heading "Conservatives against Intelligent Design." I am the first signer. Come now John, why not make it official?
Update: John not only signed, but he linked from The Corner.
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