Ridiculous euphemism of the day!

It’s not every day the religious right comes out with a new phrase, so this is exciting: Meet “young earth creationism.”

So, not only is science heathenistic, it supports an old earth. And everyone knows old things are stupid, ugly, decrepit and all-around worthless. Be young and beautiful and sprightly with “young earth creationism!”

This stems from a story on group of parents in Lebec, Calif., who are suing a local public high school for offering an elective course that will “take a close look at evolution as a theory and will discuss the scientific, biological and biblical aspects that suggest why Darwin’s philosophy is not rock solid.”

In their suit, the parents said the syllabus originally listed 24 videos to be shown to students, with 23 "produced or distributed by religious organizations and assume a pro-creationist, anti-evolution stance." They said the syllabus listed two evolution experts who would speak to the class. One was a local parent and scientist who said he had already refused the speaking invitation and was now suing the district; the other was Francis H. C. Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, who died in 2004.

Now, I’m not for giving religious nutbags class time in public schools operating on public funds, even if it is elective class time – but if these folks can actually get a dead guy to speak to their class, I’ll have to admit they’ve earned it.