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Dear
Paleonetters and all people interested in Science--- On
Tuesday, George Bush was re-elected President of the United States. Whether or not you supported him is
inconsequential. What will have extreme consequences to those interested
in paleontology and the study of evolution is WHY he got elected. Despite an unpopular war in Iraq and an
underperforming economy, millions of people turned out at the polls to vote for
Mr. Bush. The reason they cited was
“moral values.” Most pundits
define this as meaning anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage, but it runs a
little deeper than that. It is
also anti-science, and for us, anti-evolution. With 4 Supreme Court Justice nominations looming in the next
4 years, Mr. Bush could appoint very extreme right-wing justices who could
effectively put prayer in school, the Ten Commandments in public places and Creationism in the classroom. The time
is now for all of us to come together and realize what is happening. One THIRD of Americans are evangelical
Christians. They interpret the
Bible literally, which means that they do not
believe Earth is 4.6 billion years old, but do
believe that the Flood caused the Grand Canyon. What was once thought of as a “fringe” element in American
society has become the majority and, as witnessed on Tuesday, they VOTE. The
question is…..what are we going to do?
To borrow from two recent campaign ads: there ARE wolves lurking in the
forest…are we going to bury our heads in the sand? Sincerely, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr.
Lisa E. Park, Associate Professor Department
of Geology Crouse
Hall 252
Buchtel Commons University
of Akron Akron,
OH 44325-4101 USA 001-330-972-7633
(phone) 001-330-972-7611
(fax) lepark@uakron.edu Damnant
quod non intelligunt (they
condemn what they do not understand) |
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