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Running for Congress in order to keep your daughter from having to learn about Evolution. Just Republican things.

Courtesy of Mother Jones:

Minnesota Republican congressional candidate Aaron Miller's gripe with Washington is personal. Speaking at the district convention on Saturday, Miller, an Iraq War vet who won the nomination to challenge four-term Democratic Rep. Tim Walz, explained that he was running for office in part to ensure that his daughter won't have to learn about evolution at her local public school. Per the Mankato Free Press:

He also called for more religious freedoms. He repeated his story about his daughter returning home from school because evolution was being taught in her class. He said the teacher admitted to not believing in the scientific theory to his daughter but told her that the government forced him to teach the lesson.

"We should decide what is taught in our schools, not Washington D.C.," Miller said.

Miller has declined to provide any more information to verify his story.

If you think this story smells a little fishy, you are not alone.

A local Minnesota blogger, made this observation:

This is curious stuff, since the standards for curriculum in Minnesota are set by the Minnesota Department of Education.

You know I hate to call somebody a liar, but if it looks like his pants are on fire, and walks like his pants are on fire, then chances are that his pants are indeed on fire.

Even if this story were true, it would mean that this individual is running for office in order to suppress the teaching of universally accepted, peer reviewed science in Minnesota public schools.

If ever there were a reason to vote against somebody that should be it.

The last thing this country needs is yet another anti-science Republican helping to shape the laws that impact all of us.

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