Does Jesus hate science?
• Christian Fundamentalism
Truth is amoral.
Science has to suffer when the know-nothings come traipsing through the laboratories, infecting the research with their religious beliefs and political ideologies. Andrea Lafferty is the executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition, which she says represents more than 43,000 churches.
"What makes us unique among all the conservative groups," she said, "is that I believe we truly represent the body of Christ."
Ms. Lafferty said she personally gave the list of scientific researchers to Representative Billy Tauzin, a Louisiana Republican who is chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. One of its subcommittees has been reviewing the awarding of grants by N.I.H. ...
She insisted that the coalition does not oppose research on H.I.V. and AIDS, but added, "How many times do you have to study something to find out how to stop the spread of AIDS?"
Bob Herbert, New York Times: The Big Chill at the Lab
They are getting too sharp to simply say that AIDS is God's judgement on fags anymore.
The American people depend upon federal agencies to develop science-based policies that protect the nations health and welfare. Recently, however, leading scientific journals have begun to question whether scientific integrity at federal agencies has been sacrificed to further a political and ideological agenda.