It is patently obvious to me that the rules of the game have been fixed so that the most obvious explanation for the existence of a life process intelligent design has been ruled out of bounds from the outset. This is dishonest and not an attitude towards science that our students should learn. Those who would have our children taught that the only acceptable theory of origins is Genesis 1 are being just as unscientific and close-minded as those who would teach that the only possible way in which life could have arisen is via Darwinian evolution. Both extremes are wrong and the truth is to be found somewhere in between. In conclusion, I believe it is intellectual tyranny to force students to ignore any possible interpretation of a set of data.
Science education is a sham if it marches to any other drummer.