Dumber than dirt

Thank God and the Republican party.

A series of international polls measuring the public acceptance of evolution was reported in Science magazine. There's the US at the bottom, with only Turkey keeping us out of last place.

The total effect of fundamentalist religious beliefs on attitude toward evolution was nearly twice as much in the United States, ... individuals who hold a strong belief in a personal God – and who pray frequently – were significantly less likely to view evolution as probably or definitely true than adults with less conservative religious views.

In addition, the issue of evolution has become highly politicized in the United States, with the Republican Party in particular often using it as a litmus test for possible candidates for office, according to Miller.
There is no major political party in Europe and Japan that uses opposition to evolution as a part of its political platform,... In the United States, there are people who think it is a political advantage to discount evolution.
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