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Creationism Corrupts Our Youth, Says Democratic Presidential Candidate Gravel
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Jan 29, 2008 09:09pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 30, 2008 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | While the rest of the raft of presidential candidates are busily proclaiming their firm belief in a Christian God, former Alaska senator Mike Gravel has recorded a delightfully frank denouncement of religion in politics.
The quirky Democratic presidential candidate says what's obvious to any student of history: That aligning specific religious views with politics is a dangerous exercise.
"I am deeply insulted that in some areas that not only is evolution is shunned but efforts are made to substitute it with creationism and all other kinds of teachings, which corrupt our youth," he says in a YouTube video recorded on Saturday. "There’s no foundation for this. I think it’s unfortunate. We’re regressing in these areas, and so I think we have responsibility to our children to provide them with the greatest scientific information available to all of us, and that begins with respect to evolution." |
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