Disgraced former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay offered folks a peculiar civics lesson today. Our friends at Right Wing Watch caught the Texas Republican explaining what he thinks is the source of problems our nation faces today: “I think we got off the track when we allowed our government to become a secular government, […]
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'Intelligent Design' Advocates Acknowledge the Truth: It Really Is About Religion
Have they finally stopped pretending otherwise? Leaders in the “intelligent design”/creationism movement are promoting a Texas conference next month that explicitly ties “intelligent design” to “essential Christian doctrines.” Supporters of “intelligent design” — or ID, the deceptive, pseudo-scientific “alternative” to evolutionary science — have long insisted that they aren’t promoting a religious concept like straight-up creationism. […]
TFN's Cameo in Tuesday Night's Bill Nye-Ken Ham 'Debate'
We were pleased to hear the Texas Freedom Network come up in Tuesday night’s “debate” between science advocate Bill Nye and creationist Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis. Ham brings TFN into the discussion in the clip above, but the full debate video is here. Here’s what Ham had to say about TFN: “Kathy Miller […]
Watch This News Anchor's Fantastic Response to Right-Wing Rage Over Coke's Super Bowl Commercial
An anchorwoman for Atlanta’s WXIA television station held little back in going after the right-wing rage over Coca-Cola’s Super Bowl commercial this past Sunday. The commercial featured “America the Beautiful” sung in various languages along with images of America’s great diversity — people of different ethnicities and backgrounds, including a gay family. Here’s some of […]
Texas Creationists Are Still Trying to Censor the State's New Biology Textbooks
The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted new biology textbooks for public high schools last fall, but anti-evolution activists are still trying to censor those textbooks. And they seem to be targeting one in particular: Pearson Education’s high school textbook by authors Ken Miller and Joe Levine. Through a request under the Texas Public Information […]
