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Three out of four Republican candidates for Texas lieutenant governor said at a debate in Waco on Thursday evening that creationism should be taught in the state's public schools.

All four men in the race said religion should play a larger role in public education when asked where they stood on the issue during the event hosted by the McClennan County Republican Party and broadcast by KCEN-TV. But only one, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, stopped short of endorsing creationism in the state's curriculum.

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said he happens "to believe in creationism."

"Our students ... must really be confused. They go to Sunday School on Sunday and then they go into school on Monday and we tell them they can't talk about God," said Patrick. "I'm sick and tired of a minority in our country who want us to turn our back on God."

Patterson did not mention creationism in his response directly but said he thought schools had focused too much on political correctness out of what he called a mistaken belief that the U.S. Constitution mandated the separation of church and state.

"Show me where that's in the Constitution, because it's not in the Constitution," he said.

In 1987, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Edwards v. Aguillard that requiring the teaching of creationism in public schools was the equivalent of advancing a particular religion and therefore violated the Constitution. http://www.texastribune.org/2013/12/12/texas-lt-gov-hopefuls-voice-sup
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Not unlike AGW must be real for the " truth " of socialist collectivism to be fully implemented.

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Not unlike AGW must be real for the " truth " of socialist collectivism to be fully implemented.

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This is why it is prudent to question everything, science yes, but ESPECIALLY policies with a scientific basis or not. I'm pretty sure cap and trade taxation is some sort of big oil scam. I'm not sure HOW, but I do know that the big oil companies have come out in favour of it.

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