Bobby Jindal and the GOP Don’t Believe in Evolution
By John Aloysius Farrell, Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's recent trip to Iowa, where they hold those presidential caucuses every four years, leads me to suspect he may share the media speculation that he could be the Next Great Thing in the Republican Party.
It also reminded me how Jindal signed a dumb and devious bit of legislation last summer, allowing local school districts to promote alternative (i.e., religious) doctrines in their science curriculums when it comes to evolution.
Jindal is obviously one bright guy. How can he equate ancient creation myths with the hard facts of physics and biology?
One might think that the Republicans learned something from the drubbing they took in the 2006 and 2008 elections. But like Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee (and John McCain in 2008), Jindal is apparently happy to cater to the religious right, even if it means teaching superstition in the classroom.
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PALIN 2012!
Bobby Piyush Jindal is a muslim who says he converted to Christianity. We Republicans will NOT FALL for that like the dems did. If we survive until 2012 under Obama, Sarah Palin is our only hope!
Evolve your thinking
It's amazing the ignorance of evolution and even what a scientific theory is ("only" a theory) in the comments on this site - which goes far in explaining our depressingly low national aptitude in science and resultant grad. rate of engineers/scientists. Exactly what Jindal and the GOP rely on to get elected.
People - read the definition of each before you comment.
What is a theory?
Buffie said: "It’s called the /theory/ of evolution for a reason. It hasn’t been proven..."
Nope, that isn't the reason. In science, the word "theory" is something that explains facts. Theories are not necessarily speculative and they may have a great deal of evidence and consensus behind them. For example, scientists refer to "atomic theory," but the existence of atoms is not in dispute.
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