16 February 2007

Georgia on my mind

I guess we should all be thankful that Georgia state legislator Ben Bridges (Republinut) isn't a member of the Kansas state school board. Otherwise the recent vote in the plains state might not have gone in favour of science. The estimable Mr. Bridges has been accused of suggesting, in an email that is going the rounds, that evolution was a plot cooked up in "Rabbinic writings" from the "mystic holy book Kabbala" and therefore violated the separation of church and state. The communication goes on to suggest that readers should log on to fixedearth.com which will further clarify his position.

Mr. Bridges would seem to have a natural ally in Texas State lawmaker Warren Chisum (Republinut) who apparently circulated the email from Bridges. Mr. Chisum considers science to be a religion and may believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

You've gotta love the red states, don't you?






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