Rick Perry (poor Texas' current Governor and Presidential hopeful) just lied to a child. In a recent campaign stumping in New Hampshire he told a child that in Texas they teach both Evolution and Creationism in public schools. (Gov. Perry: "In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution") He lied!
First of all there is no mention of Creationism in the Texas School Standards and there hasn't been for decades. I can see some of his confusion, I mean he's appointed three very conservative Christians as the head of the State Board of Education (two were refused confirmation and the third hasn't stood for confirmation . . . yet) and they have done pretty much all they can do and still Texas refuses to go back to the 19th century. I guess he assumed that as the Governor his commands instantly become fact.
Second, if Texas was teaching Creationism in public schools, the Governor of Texas, a Presidential aspirant, would be in violation of the Constitution of the United States. Hmmm, this is the man who wants to . . . let me copy this straight from the oath of office:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."(http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html)Really? This guy just lied to a kid and claimed that Texas was violating the Constitution. Is this who we want as the President?
On a related note, the present Democratic Governor of Kentucky has been promoting kennie ham's latest brainstorm, the Ark Encounter ministry, to the tune of millions in tax and property incentives. Guess what? The Republican candidate for Governor is against the park and all the breaks it's getting.(The world is upside down in Kentucky) What is this world coming to? And guess what? little kennie isn't happy. Awww!
Posts
I agree with you fully, except I wouldn't say Perry is a liar. That would be like attributing to him some intelligence (he knew the truth but chose to conceal it). No, he simply has no clue what is being taught and only expresses what is in his mind which, clearly, is influenced by all fundamentalist creationistic religious nonsense. He is not impartial, therefore, indeed, he's not fit to be president. (Not that every US president has been impartial, right?) As I commented before, Texas solves problems by ... prayer! Go figure...
ReplyDeleteI agree. Perry probably does believe the Texas public schools are teaching creationism. Just like he believes Texas has the right to secede from the Union. He doesn't even care if he's wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe world is definitely upside-down in Kentucky!
ReplyDelete