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To: Bill who wrote (4451)	8/26/1999 9:52:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

You clockstoppers should love this - Republicans back creationism, scientists shocked Bush's spokeswoman Mindy Tucker said: ``He (Bush) believes both creationism and evolution ought to be taught. He believes it is a question for states and local school boards to decide but he believes both ought to be taught.' sjmercury.com Gee I wonder what the local school boards will decide to teach in the Bible Belt? I suppose any family with children that have IQs of 140 or higher are going to have to go to private school for a decent education. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the issue was becoming a litmus test for some conservative Christians who were a powerful constituency in the Republican Party. ``When we have candidates saying we ought to turn public schools into Sunday schools, we have a big problem,' he said.