Republicans 'D'evolve

A New Pew Research poll on evolution has come out.  www.pewresearch.org.  Most of the numbers haven’t changed over the past 50 years.  60% say humans have evolved over time, while 33% say humans have existed in their present form since the beginning.  Let’s look at that latter number.  First, evolution among scientist is settled science.  All but 3 of them don’t except it as fact.  Not 2 + 2 = 4 fact, since science doesn’t work in absolutes.  Evolution is a ‘theory’, on the same lines as the theory of gravity, and the theory of atoms.  Present new or better evidence to the contrary and they’ll change their minds.  The evidence for evolution is overwhelming.  So much that if you actually looked at it and still decided you’re among the 33%.... Well that for me is the real answer.  It’s why Pew isn’t taking a poll on germ theory.  People just refuse to look at the evidence because it doesn’t fit their theological world view.  They believe in a literal interpretation of the bible.  Everything we see today created in its present form around 6000 years ago. (Agriculture is 10,000 years old).  A deity responsible for billions of galaxies, black holes, supernovas, planets, and 100,000 different species.  This all created by the same guy who says you can’t eat shrimp!  Ok, back to the Pew Poll.  Republicans have moved from 54% accepting evolution in 2009 to only 43% today. This number is making it real hard for me to cast a vote for a Republican anytime soon.  Call it a wedge issue I guess.  I would prefer to keep religion and politics separate, but this has become impossible thanks to the Religious Right.  They have made it impossible for a Republican candidate to embrace science.  And this is the 21rst century!  While that’s unfortunate, I’ll live and let live, so long as they stay 100 feet from my kid’s science class room.