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Darwin originally (long before he wrote about origins) planned to study for the ministry. Fortunately for us, he was distracted by science.
From your article: "In the meantime, what's the real national embarrassment? The fact that Pat Robertson has threatened the citizens of Dover with divine retribution, or that so-called limited government conservatives got into bed with the religious right in the first place?"
I have looked all over Salon's site for the cartoon that goes with this statement. Where is it? It should be pretty funny.