Speaking of creationism:

Former state Rep. Lloyd George dies at 85

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For me, George’s high mark came in 1981, when Arkansas passed and Gov. Frank White signed the creation science law, to mandate teaching of “creationism” in public schools to balance teaching about evolution (still sorely lacking in many public schools). George, a former biology and physics teacher, was among a tiny band of 18 House members who voted no on the law, eventually invalidated in a landmark federal court ruling. “It’s the state meddling where it shouldn’t,” George said. “Teachers are not qualified to give equal time to teaching the theory according to Genesis.”

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Politics is a messy thing… voting rightly, for the wrong reason. Well, what more could one ask?