Update on how South Carolina does "science"

[beagledave]

http://observationdeck.io9.com/continuin...1559322598

The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is designated as the official State Fossil of South Carolina and must be officially referred to as the 'Columbian Mammoth', which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field."

[cbelt3]

Fortunately most Christians understand that the "Sixth Day" is allegorical, and the term 'day' in the book of Genesis is not a literal unit of time. Unless you believe this is not the case ?

[beagledave]

cbelt3 wrote:
Fortunately most Christians understand that the "Sixth Day" is allegorical, and the term 'day' in the book of Genesis is not a literal unit of time. Unless you believe this is not the case ?

Not the Christians who created the language in the bill.

CBC interviewer Carol Off: "So this is based on your belief that dinosaurs and humans were created on the same day?"
State Senator Kevin Bryant: "Yes."

[Lemon Drop]

expect lawsuits to counter that stupidity

If you're going to include one religion's creation story, you'll need to include all of them

"And at the 6th minute, his noodly appendages were al dente!"

[eustacetilley]

Note this juicy Section:

SECTION 2. Subsequent to this act's effective date there is a moratorium on the enactment of legislation establishing official state symbols and emblems until such time as the General Assembly directly by legislative enactment removes this moratorium.

Well, that's it for now. No more Official State Anything.
Note that they already have an Official State Wild Game Bird- The Turkey.

Eustace

[beagledave]

eustacetilley wrote:
Note this juicy Section:

SECTION 2. Subsequent to this act's effective date there is a moratorium on the enactment of legislation establishing official state symbols and emblems until such time as the General Assembly directly by legislative enactment removes this moratorium.

Well, that's it for now. No more Official State Anything.
Note that they already have an Official State Wild Game Bird- The Turkey.

Eustace

Well damn. Now that Strom has been room temperature for awhile, don't they need a new "Official State Racist"?

[davester]

eustacetilley wrote:

Note that they already have an Official State Wild Game Bird- The Turkey.
Eustace

...and an Official State Turkey...the Senator.

[beagledave]

But more importantly, at least they are protecting the state from the recruitment of lesbians.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/04/08...-lesbians/

[eustacetilley]

eustacetilley wrote:
Note this juicy Section:

SECTION 2. Subsequent to this act's effective date there is a moratorium on the enactment of legislation establishing official state symbols and emblems until such time as the General Assembly directly by legislative enactment removes this moratorium.

Well, that's it for now. No more Official State Anything.
Note that they already have an Official State Wild Game Bird- The Turkey.

Eustace

Oh, I just had a funny thought- given the careful wording, would new legislation removing all that bible crap be forbidden by Section 2, because that would be enacting legislation establishing official state symbols? After all, The Columbian Mammoth, which was created on the Sixth Day with the other beasts of the field, is not the same thing as a simple Columbian Mammoth at all.
But maybe this is just obvious to everyone else.

Eustace

[neophyte]

In the the rest of the US, the Republican party is symbolized by an elephant. Here in SC, especially in the Upstate, their symbol is the Columbian mammoth. I think it is appropriate, given that they often display evidence of fossilization of the mind.

I live in the Lowcountry, and consider myself more enlightened.