This is a re-post from the Three Govenors thread last night:
“I’m a Christian. I believe in God and in Jesus Christ. I also believe in Evolution and I don’t want religion taught in public schools as science or anything else.
Religion should not be taught in public schools, period.
BUT - and you knew this was coming - despite Sal’s dire warnings in his #1160 to the effect that “It’s not an either/or; we can reject BOTH leftism AND public-school-mandated creationism.” that’s not correct if by “We” he means the Republican Party. The Republican Party is shot through with creationists and, judging just by thread topic,three of them are Governors (four if you include Palin but I don’t think she belongs on the list because she had stated publicly that she doesn’t want creationism taught in the public schools). Those folks were elected by a whole lot of creationists. To Governorships no less. And while I also agree with Sal about the risks to America if this creationism or any other form of religion is taught in our public schools, including in science classes, the simple facts are that the ideas dreamed up by the LEFT, by BILL AYERS and the NEA amongst others are, right now, a more immediate danger to this nation. The LEFTIST agenda has to include education in the public schools or it will ultimately FAIL for people will not be studying revisionist history, will not be given self-esteem, will not learn completely inaccurate ideas about our government, how it works and about the Constitution. In other words the Socialist Nanny State that is the Left’s wet dream cannot come to fruition if the LEFT doesn’t control the public schools.
And right now, today, February 23, 2009, the Left is actively trying to and are so far succeeding - to a degree - in implementing their Nanny State dreams because, in large part, huge numbers of American voters, especially younger voters, are products of an educational system which has been run by the LEFT not by Creationists.
Yes, creationism in the Public Schools is a very serious danger; but the agenda of the LEFT in public schools is, I submit a far greater and imminent danger. So we either stay with and try to change the Republican party WITHOUT drumming out creationists NOW, or we will have the LEFT’s version of America for a long, long time.”