my, my, my, we are sensitive
tim permalink | categories: Florida, diversity, education, government, politics, stateby tim @ 2:34 pm
Donna Callaway is a member of the Florida Board of Education. She’s a former teacher and principal in Tallahassee, and a (presumably) proud FSU alumna.
She’s also anti-evolution, as she explains in the Florida Baptist Witness:
I firmly believe that a child can deal with the proof of science along with a personal belief in God as the Creator of the universe at the same time. The classroom should allow him, openly, that opportunity.
It’s neither here nor there that members of our state education board are commenting to Florida Baptist Witness, or that they have religious beliefs. We all do (the belief of absence is not the absence of belief). What’s great is the comment thread of the St. Pete Times blog entry about Callaway, which is comedy gold:
Evolution has not been proven and believe me I did not come from a monkey.
Gravity is a lie sent by Satan to fool us.
Religion should be taught in the classroom - of medical schools - and as a mild form of mental disease.
The thing that children need in this world is prayer, and for the children whose parents do not go to church school may be the only place for them to learn about religion.
Why are so many Southern Christians ashamed to admit they came from monkeys? I’ve been to the Cracker Barrel on Sunday, and trust me, the zoo is a lot more civilized.
Like I said, comedy gold. There’s hundreds of comments, go read and participate. BTW, the blog post was featured on Fark too (the comments are way less funny, which is a first).
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December 5th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Hilarious. However, I’m bothered by the practice most newspaper websites have of not requiring or discouraging the use of full, real names in their blog comments. I feel this practice lessens the credibility of blog posts and comments and encourages the devolution into neighborhood shouting matches, amusing as they might be.
December 5th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Wiping tears from my eyes…this is rich.
December 5th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Thanks for the heads up on the SPT blog entry–it’s great stuff.
December 5th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
“Why are so many Southern Christians ashamed to admit they came from monkeys? I’ve been to the Cracker Barrel on Sunday, and trust me, the zoo is a lot more civilized.”
OMG that was so funny, thanks.
December 6th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I’m with Scott on this. I think the Buzz blog can really be a cesspoll of hate (and cowardice) because of lack-of-accountability.
At any rate, I was laughing loudly for a good minute after reading that Cracker Barrel comment. Friggin’ gold!
December 7th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
“Public position, private views”
http://blogs.tampabay.com/schools/2007/12/public-position.html
December 9th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Taken at face value, the comments are pretty funny, but you should keep in mind that these folks are deadly serious about their beliefs. Read Bill Maxwell’s column in today’s St Petersburg Times. That’s what we have to deal with.