As noted a few days ago, the GOP’s candidate for governor of Illinois, State Senator Bill Brady, is pushing the new GOP talking point that local public schools should be allowed to teach creationism in science classes.

Well, if Republicans win the Illinois elections, both the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor will be creationists. Jason Plummer is the GOP’s candidate for Lt. Governor, and he’s a young earth creationist — who also happens to advocate that local schools should be permitted to teach Biblical creation myths as science.

Plummer said he believed local school officials should be able to determine whether to teach creationism in schools. Simon said local school districts should not be able to opt to teach creationism, saying it was an issue of “separation of church and state.”

Plummer said he believes in creationism.

Asked if he believed that the world was created in six days and the earth is 10,000 years old, Plummer said: “My philosophical beliefs and my life is based on my faith, and my faith is rooted in my Christian faith.”

Pressed on the creationism question, Plummer said: “I believe that, yes. My faith is my faith.”