Thu
Apr 7 2011
01:25 pm
By: R. Neal
Rep. Dunn's bill to require teaching alternative theories to evolution passes House, 70-23.
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Inherit the wind indeed...
Inherit the wind indeed...
sigh
Sigh indeed. Maybe it's time
Sigh indeed. Maybe it's time to do what the spouse has wanted to do for years, and move to Oregon.