Evolution hot campaign topic

The Topeka Capital-Journal ^ | July 31, 2008 | Barbara Hollingsworth

[Soliton]

Ask Republican candidates for the Kansas State Board of Education about the issues they think are most important and you will hear about the teacher shortage or engaging students with vocational education.

On the campaign trail, however, many voters are using evolution as their litmus test.

[ClearCase_guy]

On the campaign trail, however, many voters are using evolution as their litmus test.

The evangelical atheists do take evolution seriously. But I'd be surprised to learn that a lot of Obama supporters are voting for him solely because of evolution.

[xjcsa]

But I'd be surprised to learn that a lot of Obama supporters are voting for him solely because of evolution.

This story has nothing whatsoever to do with the Presidential campaign.

[Coyoteman]

In the District 4 seat, Alan Detrich, 60, of Lawrence, argues there is no evidence to support the theory of evolution. He creates religious art out of dinosaur fossils (Detrich lists as occupation as "fossil hunter") and in 2006 described to The Associated Press how using the fossils in his art is a good way to prompt talks about evolution.

Detrich sees a lot of ills as stemming from the teaching of evolution, including sexual activity among youths.

"When you teach children that they are apes, they will reproduce like apes," he wrote in a questionnaire. "Stop teaching evolution, and the sex ed issue will take care of itself."

What nonsense! And he thinks he's qualified for a school board?

[Oztrich Boy]

"When you teach children that they are apes, they will reproduce like apes," he wrote in a questionnaire. "Stop teaching evolution, and the sex ed issue will take care of itself."

What kind of apes? Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Gorilla beringei, Pongo pygmaeus, Pongo abelii, Homo sapiens, Hylobates lar, Hylobates agilis, Hylobates muelleri, Hylobates moloch, Hylobates pileatus, Hylobates klossii, Hoolock hoolock, Hoolock leuconedys, Symphalangus syndactylus, Nomascus concolor, Nomascus nasutus, Nomascus leucogenys, or Nomascus gabriellae?