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The Creationist Guide to Passing Oklahoma's Science Classes
Because it's a day that ends in Y, some state legislature is beclowning itself with an ill-informed debate about science and religion in the classroom. Today, it's the Oklahoma House of Representatives' turn, as it reviews the proposed "Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act."
That certainly sounds scientific. And educational. And very, very freedomy.
Tags: Church v. State, Creationism, Education, Evolution, Oklahoma, Religion, Republicans, Science & Technology, State Legislature -
Stephen Colbert on Paul Ryan's Christian Budget Cuts
"Don't talk to me about separation of church and state; this is a Christian nation. Our money says 'In God We Trust,' our Declaration of Independence namechecks the Creator and when Congress passes a law, it is nothing short of a miracle." – Stephen Colbert
To view this movie you need the Adobe Flash Player plugin. You also need JavaScript enabled in your browser.Coverage continues with Georgetown University's Father Thomas Reese after the jump…
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.
Tags: Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Bill of Rights, Budget, Catholic Church, Christianity, Church v. State, Constitution, Economy, House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, Religion, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Video -
Exclusive Extended Daily Show Interview with David Barton
"The biggest feeling is that [Thomas Jefferson] was an atheist or he was a secularist. And he just wasn't. He was a religious guy." – David Barton, Evangelical conservative activist
To view this movie you need the Adobe Flash Player plugin. You also need JavaScript enabled in your browser.Jon Stewart's extended interview with David Barton continues after the jump.
The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.
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Our Endorsements: The Rominator
* If politics doesn't work out for Mitt Romney, maybe he can star in the next Terminator movie.
* I dare you not to watch this all day.
* A literal separation of church and state, from Funny or Die.
* News Feed of the World, March 2012.
* NMA TV animates the Goldman Sachs sex scandal.
* Dangerous Minds discusses Ralph Bakshi’s controversial and satirical 1975 reimagining of Song of the South. Audio NSFW.
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Rick Santorum Is Against Throwing Grandmothers Off a Cliff
Rick Santorum is risking all his presidential hopes on one key demographic: women. From his hardline stance on abortion, to his hardline stance on contraception, to his hardline stance on women in the military, he wants all the women in this country to know that he cares about their safety. Especially if that means keeping them safe from their own decisions.Most women have the wrong idea about Santorum. He doesn't hate us. In fact, he frames every issue, social or economic, around how he believes women should be treated…
A voter asked Santorum about his plans to strengthen Social Security. He responded by saying the current system, under which people can retire at age 62 and live for another two decades, is unsustainable. That's a truth, he said, that politicians are unwilling to speak because it will result in campaign attack ads saying that people like him want to "throw Grandma off the cliff."
"Sixty-two-year-old grandmas aren't in a wheelchair, and they’ll punch back if you try to push them off the cliff," he said.
See? Santorum knows how strong women can be. Ladies, I say we give this candidate a second look. It's very brave of him to always go out on a ledge to protect us.
And if we all vote for someone else in the upcoming election, we should be able to give him just the push he needs to finally send him over the edge of that ledge.
Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images News/Getty Images
Tags: Auto Industry, Church v. State, Michigan, Primaries, Rick Santorum, Social Security
