It Absolutely Is Our Business Whether Or Not New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Believes In Evolution

Jacob Weisberg's article on weird conservative beliefs ledes with this:


At a press conference last week, someone asked Chris Christie for his views on evolution vs. creationism. "That's none of your business," the New Jersey governor barked in response.


Weisberg moves on quickly to other things, just using this as an illustrative example. But it's worth highlighting the fact that it absolutely is our business whether or not Chris Christie believes in evolution. This isn't like asking whether Christie's secretly a Rangers fan or something. Christie oversees education policy for the state of New Jersey and they teach biology in New Jersey schools. You can look up the state's life science curriculum standards if you scroll down a bit here (it's section 5.3) and it involves evolution. And rightly so! Does Christie stand by that, or doesn't he?




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Published on May 21, 2011 13:29
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