▁leading ▁pro ponent ▁of ▁intellig ent ▁design , ▁found ing ▁ad visor ▁of ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁Institute ' s ▁Center ▁for ▁Science ▁and ▁Culture , ▁ ▁and ▁" father " ▁of ▁the ▁intellig ent ▁design ▁movement , ▁assist ed ▁Sant orum ▁in ▁phr asing ▁the ▁am end ment . ▁Johnson ▁says ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁am end ment . ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁am end ment ▁was ▁passed ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁education ▁fund ing ▁bill ▁by ▁the ▁Senate ▁on ▁a ▁vote ▁of ▁ 9 1 - 8 . ▁This ▁was ▁ha iled ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁victory ▁by ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁intellig ent ▁design ▁and ▁other ▁creation ists ; ▁for ▁instance ▁an ▁email ▁news letter ▁by ▁the ▁Disc overy ▁Institute ▁contained ▁the ▁sentence ▁" Und ou bt edly ▁this ▁will ▁change ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁debate ▁over ▁the ▁theories ▁of ▁evolution ▁and ▁intellig ent ▁design ▁in ▁America ▁... ▁It ▁also ▁seems ▁that ▁the ▁Dar win ian ▁mon opol y ▁on ▁public ▁science ▁education , ▁and ▁perhaps ▁the ▁bi ological ▁sciences ▁in ▁general , ▁is ▁ending ." ▁Senator ▁Sam ▁Brown back ▁of ▁Kansas ▁c ited ▁the ▁am end ment ▁as ▁v ind ic ating ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Kansas ▁school ▁board ▁decision ▁( since ▁over turn ed ) ▁to ▁eliminate ▁evolution ▁questions ▁from ▁state ▁tests . ▁ ▁The ▁House ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁bill ▁H . R . ▁ 1 ▁did ▁not ▁contain ▁the ▁am end ment , ▁which