addendum

I spoke too quickly. The Kansas BOE voted yesterday that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution.

The scientific mainstream says there is no significant controversy, that evidence from fields ranging from paleontology to molecular biology shows all life on Earth originated from a single simple life-form.

"I wish you were not changing science to have it fit into your faith," she said. "It's a lousy time for us to be lowering science standards in Kansas."

And now I have to go to school.