This is the most important point - that science is held in such low esteem by everyone from the far left to the far right, that it is no wonder that Kansan legislators prefer creationism.
For a decade or more critical theorists, environmentalists and post- modernists have been arguing that science is just one belief system amongst others. In themselves they are not that influential: but the fact that there is no significant section of the liberal intelligentsia that is prepared to defend science is a decisive factor.
Al Gore, champion of environmentalism and the Kyoto summit is only following the inner logic of his own preference for political expediency over scientific reasoning. Get used to it - or stand up for the superiority of science over religious faith.
-- Jim heartfield