And Now It’s Chicagoland’s Turn

Stoopidity is not just for ignorant southerners any more.  Take, for example, the Lake Zurich, Illinois school board members who advocate teaching creationism.  Tony Pietro is one of them:

Pietro believes creationism should be taught in science class to give students “as much information as possible” about the origins of life.

“I think we can say this is a theory,” he said Thursday. “None of us were here when man was created.”

When the court rulings on the issue were mentioned, Pietro didn’t waver.

“When we teach (it), we need to say this is a theory,” he said.

Not to be outdone, another candidate had this bit of insight:

“Creationism to me is factual….  Darwinism is a theory.”

But my favorite came from this blowhard, Doug Goldberg (Goldberg? Really? Probably not from our side of the family.)

“I’m a good, God-fearing American and the answer is ‘Yes,’” he said. “Clearly, religion in general is a big part of our daily lives as Americans. I believe that allowing a student to be exposed to the theory of creationism is a relevant and reasonable thing to do.”

Goldberg said he “hadn’t studied the legal ramifications” of the issue.

By all means, Mr. Goldberg, go ahead and serve on a school board without studying any legal ramifications of violating settled Constitutional law.  We wouldn’t expect you to do any studying.