Association of Christian Schools International

==Lawsuit==
{{main|Association of Christian Schools International et al. v. Roman Stearns et al.}}

In Spring 2006, the Association of Christian Schools International sued the [[University of California]] system, alleging that the rejection of several Christian science courses was "[[viewpoint discrimination]]", which violated the [[United States Constitution|constitution]]al rights of applicants from Christian schools whose high school coursework is deemed inadequate college preparation. The lawsuit was brought by the parents of six children who had not been rejected from the university. In August 2006, the case ''[[Association of Christian Schools International v. Roman Stearns]]'' was allowed to proceed against the university while [[lawsuit]]s against individual school officials were thrown out.<ref name=NCSE20060910>{{cite press release |title=Creationist lawsuit against UC system to proceed |publisher=[[National Center for Science Education]] |date=2006-09-10 |url=http://ncse.com/news/2006/08/creationist-lawsuit-against-uc-system-to-proceed-00791 |access-date=2009-04-25}}</ref>

The [[National Center for Science Education]] noted, "One of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs is [[Wendell Bird]], a former staff attorney for the [[Institute for Creation Research]]. As a special assistant attorney general for [[Louisiana]], he defended the state's 'equal time' law, which was ruled to be unconstitutional in ''[[Edwards v. Aguillard]]''".<ref name=NCSE20060910/> The National Center for Science Education works in collaboration with [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], the [[National Association of Biology Teachers]] and the [[National Science Teachers Association]], which consider [[creationism]] and [[intelligent design]] to be [[pseudoscience]].<ref>See: 1) [[List of scientific societies rejecting intelligent design]] 2)  [[Wikisource:Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District/4:Whether ID Is Science#Page 83 of 139|Kitzmiller v. Dover page 83]]. The Discovery Institute's [http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/ Dissent From Darwin Petition] has been signed by about 500 scientists. The AAAS, the largest association of scientists in the U.S., has 120,000 members, and [http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2002/1106id2.shtml firmly rejects ID] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113213410/http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2002/1106id2.shtml |date=November 13, 2002 }}.</ref>

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The Association retained leading [[intelligent design]] proponent [[Michael Behe]] to testify in the case as an expert witness. Behe's expert witness report claimed that the Christian textbooks were excellent works for high school students, and he defended that view in a deposition.<ref>[[Michael Behe|Behe, Michael J.]] (April 2, 2007) [http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2007-04-02_Behe_expert_report.pdf Expert Witness report] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627021407/http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2007-04-02_Behe_expert_report.pdf |date=June 27, 2008 }} in [[Association of Christian Schools International et al. v. Roman Stearns et al.]]</ref><ref>[[United States District Court for the Central District of California]] (May 30, 2007) [http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2007-05-30_Behe_depo_transcript.pdf Deposition of Michael Behe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627021416/http://scienceblogs.com/authority/2007-05-30_Behe_depo_transcript.pdf |date=June 27, 2008 }} in [[Association of Christian Schools International et al. v. Roman Stearns et al.]]</ref>

On March 28, 2008, the defendants won a legal victory when their motion for partial summary judgment was granted, and the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment was denied.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Interim victory in California creationism case |publisher=[[National Center for Science Education]] |date=2008-04-01 |url=http://ncse.com/news/interim-victory-in-california-creationism-case |access-date=2008-07-25}}</ref> On August 8, 2008, Judge Otero entered summary judgment against plaintiff ACSI.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/08/08/news/californian/murrieta/za3f1fe48ff6b8872882574a0000ff96d.txt |title=Judge throws out religious discrimination suit |publisher=[[North County Times]] |date=August 8, 2008 |access-date=2008-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815065757/http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/08/08/news/californian/murrieta/za3f1fe48ff6b8872882574a0000ff96d.txt |archive-date=15 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>