It seems that the Federal Liberal candidate for the seat of Lalor, Pastor Peter Curtis is swimming against the tide in a big way.
In The Age last Sunday he was quoted: "He said that, if elected, he would be urging the Liberal Party to introduce intelligent design to state school science classes. Intelligent design is an assertion that certain features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, and not by natural selection. "I would be very much in favour of intelligent design being taught in public schools," Mr Curtis said. "Just as the theory of evolution is taught as well — in my view regrettably taught in science classes, because I think it's a theory and not a science."
In a country which has a universal nickname for God and takes its religions with a grain of salt, the good pastor expects that the prospect of having ID taught in schools will attract voters to the Liberal Party. Good one, Prime Minister.
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