From today's G&M:
ANNE MCILROY
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
March 17, 2009 at 2:00 AM EDT
Canada's science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won't say if he believes in evolution.
“I'm not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate,” Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail.
6 comments:
Yeah I read this yesterday and threw-up a little.
Wow - I'll agree with JFu, think I just puked in my mouth a little
UPDATE:
'Of course I believe in evolution': science minister
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 10:47 AM ET Comments91Recommend26
The Canadian Press
Federal Science Minister moved to cut short a brewing controversy Tuesday over his views on evolution.
Gary Goodyear raised eyebrows when he refused to tell the Globe and Mail if he believed in the science of evolution. But the minister of state for science and technology clarified Tuesday that he does indeed believe in it.
"We're evolving all the time," Goodyear said in an interview. "Of course I believe in evolution."
Goodyear said he initially refused to answer the newspaper's question because it was "irrelevant," since his beliefs have nothing to do with government policy.
Goodyear has been under fire lately over budget cuts that have left researchers across the county scrambling to find the money to continue their experiments.
The Globe and Mail had reported that some scientists suspect Goodyear is hostile toward science, "perhaps because he is a creationist."
But Goodyear, a self-described Christian, said religious beliefs — his or anyone else's in government — have no bearing on federal science policy.
"Our decisions on the science and tech file are not based on what one reporter wants to have people believe, which is that religion somehow forms a part of our policy," he said.
He said science policy is developed by "a multitude of people," in consultation with scientific advisory bodies, research granting councils and other stakeholders.
Religious people are dumb fucks that don't deserve to live.
Sacrifice must be made for the greater good. Religious people should be eradicated on a given day at a given time. Then, the rest of us, intelligent people, can begin a real life.
does that include your parents?
Sacrifice must be made for the greater good.
But, fine, let's wait a while before we set the date and time.
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