TagsTagsCreationism, that zombie of the American political scene, rises again -- this time in Indiana: An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday endorsed teaching creationism in public schools, despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms. Senate Bill 89 allows school corporations to authorize "the teaching ...
The National Center for Science Education has long been a leader in the battle against those who relentlessly try to insert creationism into public school science classes; they're probably most well-known for the key role they played in the Dover "intelligent design" trial. (Which didn't go well at all for ...
Global Warming, Climate Change, Creationism, Intelligent Design, NCSE
Just to drive home the point that the Republican Party has become the anti-science bad craziness party, Michele Bachmann came out today and joined Rick Santorum in calling for creationism to be taught in public school science classes. BACHMANN: I think what you’re advocating for is censorship on the part ...
Evolution, Creationism, Michele Bachmann, Anti-Science, Bad Craziness, Intelligent Design, Fundamentalism, Establishment Clause
Here we go again with the right wing's bizarre obsession with evolution. For more than a century religious conservatives have been waging a war of denial against reality itself, and there's no sign of a cease fire yet. Rick Santorum has long been known as one of the GOP's most overt ...
Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design, Fundamentalism, Rick Santorum, Establishment Clause
GOBBLE GOBBLE AKBAR!Yes, Pamela Geller is still at it, relentlessly ferreting out the hidden truth behind the appalling Butterball Shariah Turkey Infiltration Plot, or as she calls it: BURKABALL BUTTERBALL: 'BACTERIAL' KOSHER VS HOLY HALAL!!!!!! - Atlas Shrugs I haven't laughed this much at a fake right wing outrage since Jim ...
Pamela Geller, Idiocy, Butterball, Suicide Turkey, Turkey, Gobble Gobble, Fail, Right Wing, Hate Speech, Creationism
Forget everything you thought you knew about Michele Bachmann. Forget her claim that census data could be used to put people in concentration camps. Forget her crazy claim that Planned Parenthood is setting up "sex clinics" in schools, with free abortions for 13-year old girls. Forget her fanatical fundamentalism, and her bizarre claim ...
Michele Bachmann, Bad Craziness, Creationism, Fanaticism, Far Right, Homophobia, Anti-Science, Anti-Choice
The Republican candidates are performing another debate-like charade today in Iowa, hosted by the extreme religious right group Family Leader. Oddly enough, the two Mormons among the GOP field decided to sit this one out. There's a live video feed here.
Dominionism, Fanaticism, Creationism, Anti-Science, Anti-Gay, Religious Right, Extremism, Iowa, Family Leader, Debate, Republican Party, Anti-Choice
Today at the Values Voter Summit attended by all the major GOP presidential candidates, fanatic hate-monger Bryan Fischer uncorked a truly deranged rant about evolution, calling the separation of church and state "mythical," and arguing that "not a single one of our unalienable rights will be safe in the hands ...
Bryan Fischer, Evolution, Creationism, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy, Fanaticism, Republican Party, Values Voter Summit
Has Fox News become my unwitting ally in trying to convince Erick Erickson that many Americans do indeed believe in a literal creationism as outlined in the Bible? Today Fox News released part of a survey (of 911 Americans), the part dealing with religious implications (prayer, creationism): Fox News Poll: Most Believe ...
Innumeracy, Deception, Yellow Journalism, Erickson, Prayer, Creationism, Delusions, Atavism, Fox News
The topics of creationism and evolution are always popular among the American media, of all types, and for good reason as the American population is split over their acceptance of modern science. Thus conflict of opinion arises when discussing these issues and this draws attention, as we've ...
Ann Coulter has always been willing to take the crazy rhetoric one step farther, and now she's coming out as the champion of right wing American creationism: LIBERALS' VIEW OF DARWIN UNABLE TO EVOLVE!!! Intelligent design scientists look at the evidence and develop their theories; Darwinists start with a theory ...
Evolution, Creationism, Ann Coulter, Right Wing, Far Right, Ignorance, Anti-Science, Bad Craziness
Our quote of the day comes from Jonathan Martin's poignantly titled piece for Politico, "Is Rick Perry Dumb?" “If Karl Rove hadn’t been my consultant, I would not have been agriculture commissioner today,” Perry told the Dallas Morning News in 1994, adding: “My brain is like a chicken pot pie. ...
Rick Santorum, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Republican Party, Creationism, Climate Change, Anti-Science, Tea Party, Chicken Pot Pie
Bryan Fischer, spokesman for the politically active hate group American Family Association, says "defeating Darwin" is so simple even a caveman could do it. Then Fischer demonstrates how a caveman does it. This hilariously stupid article has so many howlers in it, it's hard to pick out a favorite, but this one ...
Bryan Fischer, American Family Association, Religious Right, Evolution, Creationism, Fundamentalism, Idiocy, Anti-Science
The new Gallup poll out today shows that among teabaggers (hey, Andrew Breitbart himself said he was "proud to be a teabagger"), Rick Perry's strong, uncompromising Neanderthal message is really resonating: Tea Party Supporters Backing Perry for GOP Nomination. PRINCETON, NJ -- Rick Perry's candidacy has attracted strong initial support ...
Rick Santorum, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Republican Party, Creationism, Climate Change, Anti-Science, Tea Party
The Republican base has spoken, and they're very impressed with Rick Perry's creationism, climate change denial, and extreme religious fundamentalism: Perry Zooms to Front of Pack for 2012 GOP Nomination.
Rick Santorum, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Republican Party, Creationism, Climate Change, Anti-Science
The latest attempt by creationists to get their nonsensical beliefs afforded special protection in public schools has been struck down by a federal appeals court: US judges rule in favor of teacher who called creationism 'superstitious nonsense'. A public high school teacher in California may not be sued for making ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, California
Steve Benen makes a good point here, about Rick Perry's statement that "in Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools:" Perry may have no idea what goes on in Texas’ public schools, but if they’re teaching “both creationism and evolution,” they’re violating the law. It’s not ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
This needs to get much more attention: Rick Perry is the most overt creationist in a political party that's completely dominated by a crazed rejection of science. Here he is in New Hampshire, telling a young boy that evolution is just "another theory that's out there," and "in Texas, we teach ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
(Credit: Gus 802.)At LGF we've been following the career of Texas Governor Rick Perry for years, often focusing on one of his "achievements" that has so far mostly eluded the mainstream media: Perry is undoubtedly the most determined, persistent, and outrageously overt creationist in the Republican Party, and arguably one ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, GOP, Rick Perry, Texas
Following the Iowa straw poll, one of the climate change denying creationist Republican candidates dropped out this morning -- leaving only six other creationists and eight climate change deniers in the GOP race: Pawlenty Drops Out. The final straw poll results: [Item List]
Iowa, Straw Poll, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Fundamentalism, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, Creationism, Anti-Science
Once again I'm traveling, rambling through the countryside, searching for the elusive Crocoduck. No sign of the Crocoduck yet, but here's a video featuring a whacked out creationist with the same name as another whacked out creationist who used to post comments at LGF before flouncing away in the Great LGF ...
The Republican Party is deliberately lying to the American public about the dangers of climate change, and presidential contender Tim Pawlenty proved it when he appeared on Fox News and claimed that "science indicates" that global warming is due to natural causes. "I denounced it for a number of reasons, ...
Tim Pawlenty, Election 2012, Creationism, Anti-Gay, Climate Change Denial, Republican Party
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Republican Party, Anti-Science, Climate Change, Evolution, Creationism, War on Science, Magical Thinking, Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann (R-Mars), rising star of the 2012 GOP presidential contest, absolutely epitomizes the anti-science, theocratic wing of today's Republican Party. Not only does she totally reject the voluminous scientific evidence for climate change, she's also an open, unapologetic creationist. And she doesn't just want to teach creationism to her Quiverfull ...
Evolution, Creationism, Anti-Science, Right Wing, Religious Right, Bad Craziness, Republican Party, Education, Michele Bachmann
Today at UCLA, a group of high profile climate change deniers are featured at a conference titled: "Big Footprint: Is Green the New Tyranny?" By itself this is nothing special; climate "skeptics" are always having these echo chamber conferences, to keep the deluded masses fully stocked up with hooey. But this ...
Global Warming, Science, Climate Change, Right Wing, Denial, Anti-Science, Creationism, Anti-Muslim, American Freedom Alliance