Kansas doesn't need these creationist carpetbaggers from Seattle to campaign there. They've apparently got enough goofballs of their own.
When they held hearings on the standards, they imported an expert from Turkey to testify.
Mustafa Akyol is a Turkish activist writer with a master's degree in history, and is affiliated with a Turkish organization and religious cult which was instrumental in virtually eliminating evolution from the curriculum of schools in that country. High school biology classes in the secular nation of Turkey now teach a form of Creationism.
This is one step in the direction of the Islamic republic of Turkey, something I really don't wanty to see.