Here are just a few examples of the battles the fundamentalist religious right wing have engaged in recently... They wont win all of them- but they only have to win a few... It is about a HELL of a lot more than 'one frigging school board in Kansas':

ID house bill in Michigan- note they also got global warming in there... And yes, of course it was a Republican- Representative John Moolenaar (R-Midland)...

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billintroduced/house/htm/2005-HIB-5251.htm

Pennsylvania: Dover
http://www2.ncseweb.org/wp/

Ohio, Missouri, Indiana:http://skepdic.com/intelligentdesign.html

On March 9, 2004, the Ohio state board of education approved by a 13-5 margin what it called a "Critical Analysis of Evolution" plan. An early draft of the plan made an explicit reference to Icons of Evolution by Jonathan Wells, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute. The final plan made no mention of Wells or his book, but critics of the plan said it contained many of the concepts in Icons. Defenders of the decision call it a victory for common sense over scientific dogmatism. In reality, it is a victory for those who would have politicians deciding what is proper science.
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In Missouri Rep. Wayne Cooper sponsored legislation calling for the teaching of intelligent design alongside evolution in public elementary and secondary schools. Said Cooper: "We just want people to quit passing on their philosophic bias as though it is the truth when it's not proven." He also asserted: "If we're just a piece of matter in a meaningless universe, you're going to treat yourself different than if you're a designed product."
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Also, the local school board announced in Blufton, Indiana, that intelligent design will continue to be a part of Bluffton-Harrison’s High School science curriculum. The school board voted 4-1 to continue requiring the district’s science educators to discuss “appropriate theories” — such as intelligent design and evolution — and give a “fair and balanced” presentation when teaching about the origin of the universe and life.

NEW MEXICO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE STATEMENT ON RIO RANCHO SCIENCE
POLICY 401:
http://www.nmas.org/NMAS_RRF.pdf

The New Mexico Academy of Science recommends that the Rio Rancho School District take prompt action to rescind “Science Education Policy 401,” which was adopted on Monday, August 22nd by the Rio Rancho Board of Education.
This policy is unfair to science, to Rio Rancho’s public school students and teachers, and could be
detrimental to Rio Rancho’s science- and technology-based business community. The policy says it
adheres to New Mexico’s current Science Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Performance Standards.
However, a clear reading of those standards reveals the new policy is not based on them, but is instead a subtle loophole for the introduction of non-scientific ideas like “Intelligent Design” and unscientific “evidence against evolution” into public school science classrooms.

Wisconsin: http://www.agiweb.org/gap/legis108/evolutionWI.html

On December 6, 2004, the Grantsburg, Wisconsin, school board passed a third version of a resolution on its science curriculum by a vote of 6 to 1. Two previous versions of the policy were widely criticized as obvious attempts to require or allow the teaching of various forms of creationism, including "intelligent design," in the district's science classes.

Tennessee, Alabama, Utah, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia:

Earlier this year, a member of the Board of Education of the Shelby County Schools,
which includes the city of Memphis, proposed a textbook disclaimer sticker for biology
books used in the district. The proposed text of the sticker read: “This textbook contains
material on scientific theories about creation. There are many scientific and religious
theories about the nature and diversity of living things. All theories should be
approached with an open mind, studied carefully and critically considered.”
The sticker goes beyond questioning evolution—it implies that creationism should be
taken as a scientific theory.

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In Alabama’s 2005 legislative session, three anti-evolution bills were introduced in the
state house. Bills offered to protect the right of teachers “to present scientific critiques of
prevailing scientific theories” or to present evolution as a “theory.”
Another battle lies ahead: this fall, the Alabama State Board of Education is selection
science textbooks for students and also contemplating whether or not to continue using
the state’s “Evolution Disclaimer” which is currently affixed to the cover of every
“elementary, middle and high school textbook that mentions anything that happened over
6,000 years ago,” said Bob Collins of Alabama Citizens for Science.
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Earlier this summer, state legislator Chris Buttars threatened to introduce legislation in
2006 in favor of teaching “divine design” in the state’s public schools. “Divine design,”
according to Buttars, “doesn’t preach religion ... The only people who will be upset about
this are atheists. ... It shocks me that our schools are teaching evolution as fact.”
Buttars has the backing of the Eagle Forum, led by conservative activist Gayle Ruzicka,
who has independently pushed for divine design education in the schools. “What an insult
to teach children that they have evolved from a lower life to what they are now, and then
they go home and learn that they are someone special, a child of God. ... This is not
right,” Ruzicka said.
The conservative Discovery Institute which promotes the idea of “intelligent design” is
unhappy with Buttars’ word choice. Buttars has also been dissuaded to introduce his bill
by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Patti Harrington.
Buttars continues to threaten introducing the legislation. He told the Salt Lake Tribune
that he will be forced to take action if teachers who teach human evolution are not “dealt
with.”

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State Senator Michael L. Fair is the major force behind altering the science curriculum in
South Carolina to question the theory of evolution. After failed attempts in 2003 and
2004, Fair introduced a bill into the state senate the day before its adjournment this
session, putting it to the top of the list for the 2006 session.

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Florida Rep. Dennis Baxley introduced “The Academic Bill of Rights” this year,
proposing that a student could sue if a professor were to say, “Evolution is a fact. I don't
want to hear about ‘intelligent design’ ... and if you don’t like it, there's the door.”
He claimed that as a Florida State University student he was “subjected to a ‘tirade’ on
evolution being right and creationism being wrong.”
Baxley has denied both that HB 837 was intended to force the teaching of creationism
and that the bill would have enabled students to sue. Even before the House adjourned, it
was clear that the bill was unlikely to pass, but Baxley was reportedly pleased that it at
least sparked a discussion about classroom bias.

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The Cobb County Board of Education has ordered that more than 34,000 of the district’s
biology textbooks contain a disclaimer referring to evolution as a disputed fact: “This
textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the
origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied
carefully and critically considered.” ...
In January, a federal judge ruled that the disclaimer “violates the Establishment Clause of
the First Amendment” in a case brought on by a group of concerned parents (Selman v.
Cobb County). However, the Cobb County school board appealed. Oral arguments in
the appeal of Selman are expected to commence in mid-December.

Oklahoma: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/30/MNGVNA3PE11.DTL

Oklahoma, April 2004: Textbook legislation passes after it is stripped of a provision that all textbooks include a disclaimer describing evolution as "a controversial theory which some scientists present as scientific explanation for the origin of living things" and "the unproven belief that random, undirected forces produced a world of living things."

Darby County Montana:http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2003/12/12/news/news02.txt

Darby officials are consulting with Montana School Board Association attorneys to find out if the school district has any legal authority to add intelligent design to the curriculum.

Darby School Board Chairwoman Gina Schallenberger said she liked what she heard at the presentation, and fellow trustee Doug Banks said he fully supports adopting intelligent design in the school's science curriculum.

"It gives a focal point for our students to dive into science," he said. "I think high schoolers can handle discussing the intricacies of science theory just like they do in other subjects."

Banks said he expects the issue to appear on the Jan. 5 regular school board meeting.

Maryland:http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ffile=/c/a/2004/11/30/MNGVNA3PE11.DTL

In Charles County, Md. , the school board is considering a proposal to eliminate textbooks "biased toward evolution" from classrooms. Similar proposals have been considered this year in Missouri, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

South Carolina:http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/religion/story/2627875p-11104967c.html

Politicians attend South Carolina conference on "intelligent design" and evolution
The Associated Press
Last Updated 4:59 am PDT Tuesday, August 23, 2005

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Some South Carolina politicians are pondering school treatment of Darwin's theory of evolution and the concepts of creationism and "intelligent design."
Republican State Sen. Mike Fair filed a bill in June to require that schools expose students to the "full range of scientific views that exist" on topics like evolution.

Fair was among 200 people attending a conference last week titled "Uncommon Dissent: Scientists Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing." Speakers at the event included U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint and U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis, both Republicans....

It apparently worked:http://www.pamspaulding.com/weblog/2005/08/intelligent-design-designing.html

State Senator Mike Fair says his bill would not prevent teachers from discussing evolution, but would require them to present other theories such as intelligent design, which says that life is too complex to have evolved by accident. The bill has gained local support from U.S. Senator Jim DeMint and Congressman Bob Inglis.

"Many of us -- most of us, I hope -- come from homes where children are taught by their parents that there's a reason behind it all," Fair says. "The biblical worldview, the one that I embrace, is that our Creator God spoke things into existence, and that same creator God demonstrated His love for me by sending His only son, Jesus, to die on the cross. And what a wonderful message that is."

They are working on North Carolina: http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1148

Student Intelligent Design Conference in North Carolina - March 31, 2004
On June 24-26, 2004, a student / adult conference on intelligent design is being held in Highlands, North Carolina. The conference will feature speakers from the intelligent design movement such as Michael Behe, Thomas Woodward, and Charles Thaxton. Casey Luskin from the IDEA Center will be present at the conference, and will a lecture on Saturday evening, June 26th, on how to promote intelligent design on a high school or college campus.

This conference has a great lineup of speakers and it looks like there will be a tremendous opportunity to teach both adults and students about intelligent design. We invite those interested and in the area to visit the conference website and check it out!

The mission statement of the conference says the following:
This Darwinian tradition of random evolution often ignores the scientific data that indicates that our universe could not have progressed by random chance. Yet, some schools still refuse to present evolution as theory, or to present the growing body of evidence that suggests that all living beings are part of a planned and intelligent design. Respected scientists and scholars continue to introduce compelling evidence that is often in marked contrast to many key elements of Darwin’s theory. Many scientists agree that our universe had a beginning...so it would follow that there was a designer. New research into the complexities of DNA introduces significant questions regarding Darwin’s theory of gradual evolution. Each living being has its own unique set of DNA instructions in each of its cells, and those instructions, even for the simplest of organisms, are irreducibly complex. No body of empirical evidence suggests that DNA can evolve.

emphasis mine

Just in case you had any illusions about which party was behind this and their agenda:http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051103/NEWS02/511030467/1006/NEWS01

GOP lawmakers want schools to teach 'intelligent design'
Republicans are creating legislation to have theory taught with evolution

Indiana public schools would teach "intelligent design" along with evolution under legislation that some Republican lawmakers are developing for the 2006 legislative session.
Intelligent design is the theory that a supernatural hand, and not just the random process of natural selection, guided the development of life on Earth.

Recently, 36 of the 52 Republican state representatives, including House Speaker Brian Bosma of Indianapolis, sent questionnaires to constituents asking, among other issues, whether intelligent design should be given equal time in science classes.
Rep. Bruce Borders, R-Jasonville, said he would file legislation mandating the teaching of intelligent design if no other lawmaker did.
"It's a passionate issue for me, personally," Borders said.
The proposal comes a little more than a month after Bosma and a handful of other House members met privately with Carl Baugh, host of the Trinity Broadcasting Network show "Creationism in the 21st Century," to discuss bringing intelligent design to public schools....