"But please stop talking about religions, that's a good chap. :0)"
The Discovery Institute was set up by evangelical Christians in order to promote a particular interpretation of a particular religion, Khandro, not to promote science. Meyer's claims that his views are based on scientific principles and that his religious beliefs are accidental is a tactic the proponents of ID use all the time and are disingenuous, as is their pretence that there is any disagreement in the scientific community about the fact of common origin. Evolution by means of natural selection has been accepted almost universally for a hundred years ago, even before the science of molecular biology put the theory beyond reasonable doubt.
Incidentally, some background on the Dover case. Meyer claims in the interview that he declined to be an expert witness. Slightly different story here which says the he and Dembski withdrew from the defence team:
http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2005/06/id-experts-with.html.
Of course, none of this proves that the trilobite WASN'T created by an unspecified intelligent being 600,000 years ago and that the majority of biologists are wrong.
Anyway, VE - stick to the science. Do you believe that discrete species were created by an intelligent designer? Or do you believe the designer has directed and engineered particular adaptations?