Cancelled anti-gay HGTV hosts: Satan is the reason evolution is taught in schools

[DonViejo]

The bigoted sons of evangelist Flip Benham discuss satan's hold on the world with Glenn Beck

SARAH GRAY

Earlier this month HGTV pulled the plug on David and Jason Benham’s show, “Flip it Forward,” after it came to light that the two had quite a history of anti-gay activism. (Begging the question, “Why did HGTV try to give anti-gay activists a show?“)

Turns out the brothers aren’t just anti-gay activists, they are also science deniers. In a blog post the brothers wrote that satan has a “toehold” on the American public. When do the twins say this toehold began? The Scopes Trial in 1925, which allowed evolution to be taught in schools. They wrote:

“There are other strongholds in America as well. At first, Satan got a toehold on life in the 1920?s with the Scopes Monkey Trial (evolution can be taught alongside creation). Eventually, of course, this toehold became a stronghold to where creation can no longer be taught at all. And the result, 1973?s Roe v. Wade. Without a Creator we now become the determiners of life instead of God.”

Basically, after evolution — which scientists accept as fact — could be taught in schools, society was on a downward spiral, which lead to the legalization of abortion.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/05/21/cancelled_anti_gay_hgtv_hosts_satan_is_the_reason_evolution_is_taught_in_schools/

[onehandle]

1. So what if that is the reason? It only means that Satan is more honest than Republicans. nt

[shenmue]

2. What idiots

I can't with these people. I can't!

[Orrex]

3. Many and fair are Satan's gifts.

I'm pretty sure he's responsible for bacon and dark chocolate, too.

[Proud Public Servant]

4. Extra bonus idiocy:

Scopes lost the Scopes trial, appealed, and the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the ban on teaching evolution. So these numbnuts are historical illiterates, too!

[longship]

5. And they are even wrong about the Scopes trial and its outcome.

First, Scopes was found guilty. On appeal, the $100 fine was ruled excessive.

Second, evolution was basically not taught in the USA for years as a result of the case. It took Sputnik I launch by the Soviets before evolution returned to education.

Third, the Butler Act, the Tennessee law that outlawed teaching evolution, was not repealed until 1967.

So these dudes basically got everything wrong.

[Morning Dew]

6. Rule #1 - double down on crazy. n/m