Let me take this opportunity to pimp a new Page I just put up on this topic:

Creationism In Local American Politics

As for O’Donnell’s views, let me copy what I said in Simooms Page:

If one takes what she says literally, verbatim, in her answer to the question she is saying local schools boards ought to be allowed to decide if evolution “is a myth”.

She probably really does believe that people get to choose their own reality.