Another interesting fact about LA schools: all the teachers have to teach the same thing. So if you walk into a classroom in New Orleans the Science teacher must be teaching the same thing as teachers in Lafayette. They stupidly believe that this will raise their plummeting test scores. That type of teaching NEVER WORKS.

When my sister [who is earning a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from a university in Louisiana…no kidding - they actually DO teach evolution there:)] first told me about this new law, I thought she was joking. Feel sorry for the people of that poor state. I do. And I am just as glad I got out when I did.

Forget me. I’m a lone wolf- a rebel even amongst atheistic skeptics. You are an insect with dozens of creepy little legs. It would never work.

No matter how true… the only response that’s true to my heart is ” .”

Nevertheless, my creepy myriapodal love will never die!

It goes wayyyy beyond that. The Wedge Document clearly states that the goal of the fundies is to use ID/Cretinism as a “wedge” to “restore” God’s control of the country, and “free” the country from the evil grip of Science!

(Did I just mis-spell “Creationism”? My bad. I don’t have a backspace key, so it will have to stay.)

And to any lurkers who actually think that having God rule your country is a good thing: Remember that God isn’t too talkative these days. Seems you have to rely on some elevated Humans to bring his commands to you. Of course, there’s no way that any of these humans would be as fallible as, well, humans.

For example, none of them would ever use Church money to fund an extravagant personal lifestyle. Or preach damnation to gays on Sunday, and then spend Monday to Saturday admiring a male hooker’s butt while being stratospherically high on crystal meth.

No, never. You can always rely on their interpretation of the Bible to be true to God and free of bias or self-interest.

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