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February 14, 2007

Why is it always Georgia...

...that has the wingnut ideas?

From the photo ID to the evolution stickers to banning Harry Potter... Now we have this: Georgia lawmaker's plea comes to Texas through No. 2 in House. Georgia Representative Ben Bridges is advocating some seriously whack-job ideas:

- Mr. Bridges' memo claims that teaching evolution amounts to indoctrinating students in an ancient Jewish sect's beliefs.

- Mr. Bridges also supplies a link to a document that describes scientists Carl Sagan and Albert Einstein as "Kabbalists" and laments "Hollywood's unrelenting role in flooding the movie theaters with explicit or implicit endorsement of evolutionism."

I won't link to the site, but you can go to www.fixedearth.com to learn more about the myths of a rotating earth; that the sun and moon revolve around the earth; and that Copernicus was wrong.

And best of all, the model for legislation based on Georgia HB170 (from 2006, I believe).

Calgon... take me away!

Posted by Catherine at February 14, 2007 06:48 PM

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Posted by: MelGX at February 14, 2007 07:53 PM

They figured after the gay marriage amendment test case that Georgia has proven itself to be an EXCELLENT laboratory for the latest rightwing nutjob ideas.

Aren't we lucky?

Posted by: jac1975 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 15, 2007 09:07 AM

Well, for the time being, we can at least still claim to be superior to Tennessee. Some complete and total asshat is trying to get a law passed that would require doctors to issue death certificates for aborted fetuses after an abortion is performed. Dear God, let's hope the fools under the Gold Dome don't hear about this one!

Posted by: Rubyduby [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 15, 2007 09:55 AM

Posted by: Decaturguy [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 09:42 AM

Posted by: Tim [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 16, 2007 04:40 PM

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