Red meat for the GOP faithful?

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, which advocates the teaching of evolution in schools, said the candidates, given their positions on other issues, were undoubtedly sincere but were nevertheless appealing to a fundamentalist wing of their party.

“Nine Republican state parties have taken anti-evolutionist positions,” Ms. Scott said. “They want to throw the far right a little red meat, and creationism serves nicely.”

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