Newflash! 28 out of 50 Indiana state Senators are still complete morons (emphasis mine): On January 31, 2012, the Indiana Senate voted 28-22 in favor of Senate Bill 89. As originally submitted, SB 89 provided, “The governing body of a school corporation may require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation …
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Jan 26 2012
Indiana Senate committee approves creationist legislation
My dad emailed me this news report with the quote “Another reason to be glad you’re not living in Indiana.” From NWI Times (our local newspaper!): An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday endorsed teaching creationism in public schools, despite pleas from scientists and religious leaders to keep religion out of science classrooms. Senate Bill 89 allows school …
Jan 12 2012
More religious legislation from Indiana
Pushing creationism into science classrooms wasn’t enough, so now there’s legislation to require the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of each school day. Yes, public school. It’s all in Senate Bill 251, which states: 4.6. (a) In order that each student recognize the importance of spiritual development in establishing character and becoming …
Jan 06 2012
Indiana DEFINITELY isn’t perfect
At least Seattle limits its scientific ignorance to a piece of bad journalism. Indiana has anti-evolution legislation bubbling up: Senate Bill 89, prefiled in the Indiana Senate and referred to the Committee on Education and Career Development, would, if enacted, amend the Indiana Code to provide that “[t]he governing body of a school corporation may …
Nov 29 2011
In other Harry Potter news…
My alma matre, Purdue University, won the Quidditch World Cup in their division! Woooooooooooooooo, go Purdue! Boiler up! What’s that? How’s our football team doing? What’s the upcoming basketball season looking like? Hell if I know.
Oct 03 2011
Indiana could be home to a massive civil rights victory for same-sex couples
That is, if Indiana doesn’t fuck it up. Which I’m sure they will. Back in August at the Indiana State Fair, the stage collapsed due to unusually high winds, killing and injuring many. One of the people killed was Christina Santiago of Chicago. Christina was a gay rights activist and was in a civil union …
Sep 09 2011
Oh Purdue
I feel like I should fight this, saying there’s only room for one internet meme to come out of Purdue…but it involves cute guys being stupid, so I can’t resist: My thought of “And then they fell and snapped their necks” flitted away once I laughed at the guy hanging off the Amelia Earhart statue …
Sep 08 2011
How to speak Hoosier
These videos crack me up. Not every dialect oddity applies to me since I grew up closer to Chicago, but it is pretty stereotypical for the rest of Indiana: …I do this all the time. I always have to edit “anyways” down to “anyway” when I’m blogging. Mumble “prolly” instead of “probably.” And I learned …
Aug 16 2011
Indiana hits new low of homophobic bigotry
UPDATE: From the original source: “Alfarena Ballew from the Marion County Coroner’s office called to offer this statement, “Her friend and her aunt are working together with the life partner to take care of the remains. We have nothing in writing from the partner asking to claim the body. Our records show that the next …
Aug 12 2011
Another Hoosier Hypocrite
Indiana State Representative Phillip Hinkle (R, of course) was caught soliciting craigslist for a gay prostitute using his public email address. And if you were wondering – yes, he’s a good married Christian who opposes gay marriage. Such a good Christian, in fact, that he’s the person who forced the In God We Trust license …
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