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okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:23 PM Apr 2014

GOP Candidate Wants To Get Elected To Keep His Daughter From Learning Evolution

Aaron Miller, a Republican congressional candidate in Minnesota, said a big reason he's running is to end classroom instruction on evolution, according to the Mankato Free Press.

Miller, a hospital account manager and Iraq War veteran, said during the congressional district's Republican Party convention in Albert Lea on Saturday that Minnesota needs more religious freedom. He cited an incident in which his daughter was forced to learn evolution

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"We should decide what is taught in our schools, not Washington, D.C.," Miller, who won the Republican endorsement for Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District on Saturday, said during his speech.

Despite Miller’s attacks on Washington's influence on education, Minnesota's academic standards in science are set by the state Department of Education.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/aaron-miller-evolution_n_5107342.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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GOP Candidate Wants To Get Elected To Keep His Daughter From Learning Evolution (Original Post) okaawhatever Apr 2014 OP
Moron... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #1
The stupid is often so great. What is concerning are those that vote for RKP5637 Apr 2014 #2
I truly often think a brain-eating virus has been unleashed on this country RKP5637 Apr 2014 #3
I agree with you. ellie Apr 2014 #4
Feel free to keep your own family ignorant, rumpswab. In private. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #5

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
2. The stupid is often so great. What is concerning are those that vote for
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:26 PM
Apr 2014

and support this utter nonsense.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
3. I truly often think a brain-eating virus has been unleashed on this country
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:29 PM
Apr 2014

yet to be recognized. The stupid is often just so great.

ellie

(6,929 posts)
4. I agree with you.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 02:57 PM
Apr 2014

Either these people have always been with us and we are hearing more from them because of the internet, or there really is a virus.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
5. Feel free to keep your own family ignorant, rumpswab. In private.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:10 PM
Apr 2014

That would suck for them, but at least you wouldn't be infecting other kids with the stupid.

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