A Republican congressman has dismissed evolution, the Big Bang theory and embryology as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
Representative Paul Broun (R-Ga.), whose speech at Liberty Baptist Church in Georgia last September wasposted on YouTube yesterday, may not be unique among Republican congressmen in holding such ill-informed views or even in stating them so publicly. What adds an element of urgency to the situation is that he's a high-ranking member of the House Science Committee, of which, incidentally, Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) is also a member.
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