Maybe I'll end up moving to the US afterall...

[slate_canada]

Canada's Minister of Science, Gary Goodyear, is a Christian, appointed to his position by our very own GW Bu..Stephen Harper.  I'm less concerned with him being a Christian and more concerned that he refused to answer the question as to whether or not he believes in evolution.

Dr. Alter of McGill comments on Goodyear's refusal to answer questions:

Comments

[ciani]

is he also a blimp?

[muddster]

That is scary...personally I think everyone involved in politics should be Atheists...but that's my own dream.

[fr_defenestrato]

What the fuck? Are we (the U.S.) exporting stupidity? You didn't even post the quote that really sums up the asshole's position: 'I'm not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.'

Wait, what's next? Debunking germ theory in favor of the power of prayer?

Asshole. OMFG asshole!

[greengadfly]

I - of course - would LOVE to have you here in the US.

However, I don't think you'd find it better in the US. The Pew Research Center recently revealed that 63% of Americans don't believe in evolution.

http://pewresearch.org/databank/dailynumber/?NumberID=715

And on a related note:

"The net of science covers the empirical universe: what is it made of (fact) and why does it work this way (theory). The net of religion extends over questions of moral meaning and value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they encompass all inquiry (consider, for starters, the magisterium of art and the meaning of beauty). To cite the arch cliches, we get the age of rocks, and religion retains the rock of ages; we study how the heavens go, and they determine how to go to heaven." - Steven Jay Gould

From: http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_noma.html

[marymusylisdead]

lol @ you wanting to blame it on Dubya, who isn't around and isn't your leader. you are too much. :D