Editing Discovery Institute (section)

=== Wedge strategy===
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The [[Wedge Strategy]] is a  political and social action plan authored by the institute. The strategy was put forth in a Discovery Institute [[manifesto]] known as the "Wedge Document". Its goal is to change American culture by shaping public policy to reflect politically conservative, fundamentalist, [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Protestant]] values. The wedge metaphor is attributed to [[Phillip E. Johnson]] and depicts a metal [[Wedge (mechanical device)|wedge]] splitting a log. In ''Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails)'' the authors wrote "Although its religious orientation is explicit, the long-term plan outlined in the Wedge Document also displays the Discovery Institute's political agenda very clearly. In ten years, the Wedge strategy was to be extended to ethics, politics, theology; the humanities, and the arts. The ultimate goal of the Discovery Institute is to 'overthrow' materialism and 'renew' American culture to reflect right-wing Christian values."<ref name="Young">{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=Matt |last2=Strode |first2=Paul |title=Why Evolution Works (and Creationism Fails) |date=15 May 2009 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-4864-7 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AsJDTq2wTQEC |access-date=17 November 2021 |language=en |archive-date=May 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523013340/https://books.google.com/books?id=AsJDTq2wTQEC |url-status=live }}</ref>