Last week, I mentioned a school district in Illinois where two of the candidates for school board were Creationists. Another district is now trying to prove they’re even crazier. Lake Zurich Unit District 95 (home to Lake Zurich High School), in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago, is having school board elections in April. 4 candidates are running for 3 seats. And all 4 candidates are Creationists. One [candidate], Chris Wallace, went so far as to say creationism is fact… Read more
Earlier this week, I mentioned the story of the evangelical Christian wrestler (Joel Northrup) who refused to fight a girl (Cassy Herkelman) in the state tournament, thus forfeiting his own shot at a state title and taking away her chance at showing everybody what she could do against him in a match. Rick Reilly at ESPN made a comment about it that you tend to only hear on atheist blogs: The Herkelmans — and most of the state of Iowa… Read more
I assume it’s a Poe, but the rhetoric is really no different than what you’d hear a Christian mouthpiece say, so the point is made. One website claims to have a good idea why the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand occurred: Did the “Snow Gaymes” and Butch Lesbian antics of Gay Ski Week, on God’s New Year, trigger the quake? After the earthquake, there were over 4000 aftershocks — enough to jolt most people into some sober thinking –… Read more
