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mustwarnothers · 4329 days ago · link · · parent · post: How 19-year-old activist Zack Kopplin is making life hell for Louisiana's creationists
The Louisiana Science Education Act is such an unusual artifact. It is baffling that Creationism has thrived in the State when it is so hostile to Catholic Theistic Evolution. I realize that modern Louisiana is distinguished by an admixture of Christianity but Catholic tradition molded the sociocultural landscape and continues to dominate State politics today. Is it just apathy from lapsed Catholics and waning Papal influence that allowed these fundamentalists to co-opt the discourse?