“Peculiar imbecilities and theologic bilge.”

“Tennessee anti-evolution law, whatever its wisdom, was at least Constitutional – the the yahoos of the state had a clear right to have their progeny taught whatever they chose and kept secure from whatever knowledge violated their superstitions.”

– H.L.Mencken covering the Scopes Monkey Trial for The Baltimore Evening Sun, 1925

Sounds a bit like some of our brethren haven’t progressed at all in the past 100 years?

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