GOP Nominee for Alabama Governor Renounces Belief in Evolution Following Attack Ad
http://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-nominee-for-alabama-governor-forced-to-renounce-belief-in-evolution/

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" A group called the True Republican PAC has released an ad attacking candidate Bradley Byrne for statements showing he believes in evolution. As sad as that is, Byrne’s response was even worse as he seemingly renounced his beliefs. The original attack ad seems almost like an SNL parody. In it, a man and a woman critique some incredibly rational statements. The supposedly offensive quotes from Byrne state that schools should teach evolution because the theory “best explains the origin of life” and also that he believes “there are parts of the Bible that are meant to be literally true and parts that are not.” My God, what an extremist he is! Unfortunately, the political climate in Alabama is such that Byrne felt he had to respond to the ridiculous ad. From a post on Byrne’s website: “I believe the Bible is the Word of God and that every single word of it is true. From the earliest parts of this campaign, a paraphrased and incomplete parsing of my words have been knowingly used to insinuate that I believe something different than that. My faith is at the center of my life and my belief in Jesus Christ as my personal savior and Lord guides my every action. As a Christian and as a public servant, I have never wavered in my belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God. As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school text books.”"

So more nonsensical banner waving and infighting amongst GOPers. I'm not sure the whole Tea Party thing is good for them. Is there a reason why the party is basically lying to itself in order to force out candidates that extremists don't like?

[Edited on May 13, 2010 at 8:41 AM. Reason : quote fail.]

5/13/2010 8:39:30 AM

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"As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school text books.”"

And GrumpyGOP wonders what problem I have with religion.

5/13/2010 8:50:43 AM

Talk about a race to the bottom.

5/13/2010 9:32:56 AM

This makes me really sad.

5/13/2010 9:39:17 AM

What a fucking joke.
Sad.
I don't know what else to say.

5/13/2010 11:42:47 AM

Fought to ensure creationism is taught in school?

Jesus

5/13/2010 12:41:47 PM

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"This makes me really sad."

5/13/2010 12:45:30 PM

So Texas will take separation of church and state of public school textbooks, and Alabama will put church into them. Brilliant.

5/14/2010 12:53:57 AM

ZOMG Bradley believes in science and is not an ignorant religious zealot who believes in mysticism instead of data.

5/14/2010 7:34:30 AM

Actually, he is.

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"I believe the Bible is the Word of God and that every single word of it is true. From the earliest parts of this campaign, a paraphrased and incomplete parsing of my words have been knowingly used to insinuate that I believe something different than that. My faith is at the center of my life and my belief in Jesus Christ as my personal savior and Lord guides my every action. As a Christian and as a public servant, I have never wavered in my belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God. As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school text books."

[Edited on May 14, 2010 at 10:07 AM. Reason : ]

5/14/2010 10:06:24 AM

*shudder*

5/14/2010 10:15:21 AM

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"Henry Drummond: Can't you understand? That if you take a law like evolution and you make it a crime to teach it in the public schools, tomorrow you can make it a crime to teach it in the private schools? And tomorrow you may make it a crime to read about it. And soon you may ban books and newspapers. And then you may turn Catholic against Protestant, and Protestant against Protestant, and try to foist your own religion upon the mind of man. If you can do one, you can do the other. Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding. And soon, your Honor, with banners flying and with drums beating we'll be marching backward, BACKWARD, through the glorious ages of that Sixteenth Century when bigots burned the man who dared bring enlightenment and intelligence to the human mind! "

-Inherit the Wind

5/14/2010 11:08:27 AM

This is a very surprising story, since Alabama is generally the pinnacle of progressivism and intelligence

5/14/2010 11:13:22 AM

I often times get the feeling that most politicians are atheist, and only use Christianity as a way of pandering to something like 80% of the population.

Because of this, I feel that is part of the reason why this country is fucked up. Not because of atheists (which I am one myself), but because it only blurs the line between the separation of Church and State. The Constitution is very clear about it's meaning, yet it's one of the most heavily debated parts of the Constitution. I know people who think the Constitution should be followed to the T, yet fail the simple understanding of the First Amendment.

I've always felt that we have an atheist government. The actual people in office may be Christian, Jewish, ect, but the laws and interpretation of the laws should be interpreted and written without any respect to any religion. As such, it's always confused me that when it comes to the Gay Marriage debate, many people end up using religion as a valid justification for banning it, when such a justification is in direct conflict with the First Amendment.

5/14/2010 1:32:18 PM

They certainly have no souls and they certainly pander to their constituents. The sky is also blue and water is also wet. Also, the same people that are against gay marriage probably think that the Establishment Clause is a bad thing and our government should be a Christian one.

See "In God we Trust" and "One Nation, under God".

5/14/2010 1:45:12 PM

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"I often times get the feeling that most politicians Christians are atheist, and only use Christianity as a way of pandering to something like 80% of the population"

5/14/2010 1:53:24 PM