Well, roughly a year after voting that kids should question Evolutionary Theory in my state, the Board of Education has removed several creationists from its ranks, and tossed out the forced study of Intelligent Design.  Perhaps this means we’ll inch back toward a separation of church and state–just as those dudes in the powdered wigs intended back in 1776.

My East Coast friends often ask whether it’s embarrassing to live in a state where this is even an issue.  I always tell them, “No, it’s amusing.”  Besides, the zealots really are small in number.  Everyone here knows that.

What I don’t get is why fundamentalists think that Evolutionary Theory questions the existence of God in the first place.  The two are perfectly capable of walking hand-in-hand–at least until the creationists get on the Board again.