Last Thursday night three Republican Presidential candidates indicated they did not believe in evolution – Sam Brownback, Mike Huckabee, and Tom Tancredo (source). That's a sorry state of affairs, but it turns out that one Republican candidate opposes teaching intelligent design in classrooms – Mitt Romney. At least that's what he said a year and a half ago.
Romney contended that political considerations are not the major factor behind his positions. For example, he said yesterday, he opposes the teaching of intelligent design in science classes in public schools, a stance at odds with some conservative voters. He said he arrived at that position without consulting his national political adviser, Michael Murphy. (“Romney says media distort his views,” by Frank Phillips, Boston Globe, 22 December 2005)
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