Thursday, March 06, 2014

Virginia GOP Senator Pushing Denial of Evolution

As I have lamented before, there was once a time when the Republican Party once respected and upheld knowledge, learning and logic.  Those days are long gone and now one cannot help but wonder where the GOP finds the lunatics it puts in office or whether it sends would be candidates off somewhere to either give them a lobotomy or perform some sort of "Stepford Wife" transformation of them into the ignorance embracing morons that the seem to become in most instances.  A case in point is Virginia Republican Senator, Stephen Martin (Chesterfield), pictured at left, who not being content with making himself and Virginia look ridiculous by his comment referring to pregnant women as "hosts" is now peddling denial of evolution.  Blue Virginia looks at Martin's latest batshitery:
Yes, the same Virginia Republican Senator, Stephen Martin, who became a national laughing stock for his comments calling women "the child's host (some refer to them as mothers)," and generally raging against pro-choice advocates (as "very sick people"), is back at it again on his Facebook page (note to Senator Martin: stay off of social media!!!).

This time, he's denying evolution, citing an article on an "intelligent design" site. According to this website's about section, "intelligent design (ID) offers a promising scientific alternative to materialistic theories of biological and cosmological evolution - an alternative that is finding increasing theoretical and empirical support." Of course, that is complete and utter bull****, but there are actually people who believe it (#education system FAIL).

Anyway, it seems somehow appropriate that the guy who views women as no more than a baby's "host" would also deny one of the most important, crucial, and well-evidenced scientific theories in human history. Even more amazing is that this guy is a State Senator, although it's certainly not surprising that he's a member of the Republican Party (Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and many others thrashing around in their graves just thinking about what's become of their once-fine party...). 
I continue to be amazed at the apparent form of mental illness that afflicts the Christofascists and sadly too many in the GOP that  causes them to be terrified of modernity, actually thinking for themselves, and cling to the Old Testament which was written by unknown, ignorant herders more than 2500 years ago.  It is truly a form of sickness and mental illness. 

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