Who wants a theocracy? Taliban aren't the only 
religious fanatics in power

by MC12

While the specter of the Taliban government in 
Afghanistan imposing their relgious views on those 
they rule has been used to whip up support for the 
Amerikan war against Afghanistan, readers should 
pause to remember that the united snakes itself if 
led by a president who supports imposing Christian 
fundamentalism on innocent children in public 
schools.

During the lead-up to the 2000 election, the 
Kansas State Board of Education voted to cut 
evolution from the public school science 
curriculum, and replace it with "creationism." 
Speaking on the subject on a Kansas campaign stop, 
Bush said, "I think it's an interesting part of 
knowledge (to have) a theory of evolution and a 
theory of creationism. People should be exposed to 
different points of view. Should the people choose 
in my state [to adopt a rule similar to Kansas' -
KCS] I have no problem." He also said, "I 
personally believe God created the Earth."

While some people who want to make science and 
religion mix do try to sneak creationism into 
science, there is no "theory" of creationism as 
the Kansas fanatics mean it. They are saying the 
Earth is only 6 thousand years old, that all 
creatures were created in six days, and that 
evertyhing -- including fish -- drowned in the 
flood except creatures on Noah's Ark.

Imperialists who live in glass empires should not 
throw cruise missiles.

Note: Kansas City Star, 9 Sept 1999, p. A5.

For bourgeois coverage of Bush's introduction of 
government-funded "faith-based"
charity to replace government services, see,
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/30/aclu.faith/ ;
http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/29/bush.faithbased.01/