To say I am not a fan of Rick Perry, Republican Presidential candidate, is to seriously underestimate my antipathy toward him. He is anti-science in almost every sense of the word, and his stance on nearly every issue on which I've heard him speak is the exact opposite of where I stand. But then something like this comes along, and shows just how far outside of reality he is. In this video, a little boy asks him how old the Earth is, and Perry then gives an astonishing answer:
After equivocating about the age of the Earth, Perry -- a man who, if elected President, will swear to uphold the U. S. Constitution -- says, "In Texas we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools." This is a jaw-dropping assertion. I find it difficult to interpret this as other than him saying he supports blatantly violating the First ...
