Koopman on Education Committee

There’s a battle that’s been going on for years on the back of cars and trucks – the battle of the fishes. Christians like their fish decals (better that than sheep, I suppose). But then someone came along and inserted the word “Darwin” inside the fish, and put legs on it. Nice. The latest one, which I saw yesterday, had the Darwin fish being eaten by an even bigger fish lableled “Truth.” That pretty much sums up fundamentalist Christian attitudes about science – it just ain’t true, evidence be damned.

Much is being made of Constitutionalist Rick Jore’s appointment as chair of the Education Committee of the House in the coming legislative session. At least as troubling as Jore’s presence is that of far-right creationist fundamentalist Roger Koopman of Bozeman on the same committee. Koopman believes that the earth is less than 10,000 years old, and that views such as his ought to be taught right alongside real science.

These appointments are a slap in the face of thinking people throughout the state.

Steve once saw a bumper sticker that said “If you don’t pray in our schools, we won’t think in your churches.” It appears as though the Education Committee is stacked now with non-thinkers.