46% of Americans believe in Creationism

[Mr Khan]

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:
82-present makes sense as the rise of the religious right to prominence in American politics, so of course there's going to be a little slippage, as the "us or them" mentality includes (in the grand political scheme of things) silly things like evolution rather than issues actually relevant to our present day.

Much like how Democrats are probably becoming more anti-gun over time, because the NRA has politicized gun ownership to the other side

Not really.  It's just the anti-gun people are getting more vocal.

You tend to see a jump in support for gun cotnrol right after a mass shooting, then within a couple weeks it's back down to it's normal levels.

Gun control is really a better example of "Play on fear and emotions instead of facts."

 

A good one for Democrats actually would be the widespread crusade against GMO's.   Despite tons of sceintific tests being run on them, showing that they are actually healthier to eat than your average produce because they require far less pesticides since they are bred resistant to bugs.

The whole movement is amazingly antiscientific.  The scary part is how strong it is in the EU too... despite the fact that all the sceince bodies in the EU are against the ban... but hey, France has to protect their agriculture buisness.  Don't want to have grain that can eaisly be grown in Finland and Romania.

I agree, although it doesn't help that the pro GMO side is pretty much owned wholesale by Monsanto to let them continue their monopolistic practices. First the law on GMO seeds needs to be changed, then we can make the issue politically neutral.