The Discovery Institute, the people who bring you Intellegent Design, has been adamant about schools not trying to teach this stuff.

dw, I looked at their website and they seem to be saying just the opposite: [link]

"Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture has long advocated the idea of teaching the strengths and weaknesses about Darwinian evolution."

I'm with Tep. Here's your hat, what's your hurry, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

After reading a friend's, er, former friend's blog yesterday, I'm kinda pissy about the attitude the coasts have towards Flyover-Jesusland. Former friend said, in effect, that the people in Mississippi deserved to die because they were stupid and didn't vote the right way in 2004.

I don't like what these morons are doing, and I'm hoping and praying it fails, but answering their contempt and vitriol with contempt and vitriol is counter-productive and the terrorists have already won and think of the children.

There. I've said my bit.

Plus I'm guessing that many businessess will decided that a theocracy wouldn't have the best environment for their employees, and thus would locate elsewhere, putting the economy of the theocracy in the toilet.

For example, it'd be difficult to have a work environment supportive of gays and lesbians in a state that puts gays and lesbians to death.

Maybe we could convince the Christian separatists to move to Sudan, where a right-wing insane-o theocracy might actually be a step up from what those poor people have right now.

More to the point, hello! Don't these people READ the Bible? I am an unbelieving reprobate and even I know about the rainbow sign, and how it means I promise that next time I totally destroy you it won't be with water.

Ah, but this is only partial destruction. Seems the Almighty found a loop-hole.

My folks are in SC. I just sent them a copy of that so they know who some of there new neighbors are.

most of thier neighbors are ex-military. the rest - are pretty much trapped there due to $$ and odd land issues.

Maybe we could convince the Christian separatists to move to Sudan, where a right-wing insane-o theocracy might actually be a step up from what those poor people have right now.

I thought it was right wing insano theocrats that were the problem in the Sudan.

I thought it was right wing insano theocrats that were the problem in the Sudan.

I thought it was sheer anarchy combined with marauding bands of nutcases with machetes.

"Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture has long advocated the idea of teaching the strengths and weaknesses about Darwinian evolution."

The problem is that in order to do this, you have to teach Darwinian evolution AND have a viable alternative scientific model, and the conserva-fundies don't want to do the former and have nothing for the latter. So, while they're all for "teaching the strengths and weaknesses," they don't have an ID package that can be easily put into a science book.

I'm kinda pissy about the attitude the coasts have towards Flyover-Jesusland.

I'll bet that New Orleans proper was a blue spot on the more detailed maps of red and blue.