re: #5 clemycali

I keep on wondering what is happening with the GOP in Texas and why do they urge the support for this insanity ?

Well, since I watched something very similar happen in Kansas 20 years ago, let me give you my best hypothesis. The creationists made a major effort, starting at the smallest, most seemingly inconsequential levels, to take over the party. They showed up in force at every single meeting, worked like crazy at every GOP function, etc. Gradually, over a decade or more, they took over pretty much every facet of the state GOP. It happened quicker in KS because KS is a smaller state.

And now KS has a democrat governor, and resurgent democrat party.