Ah, but it will be. Well, not evolution, but creationism -- and ID too, because ID is nothing but closeted creationism. Next round of Congressional elections, just watch as the MSM has fun with the issue. It's about all they have to try to make conservatives look like idiots (because we're right on every other issue), so they'll use it every chance they can get. Which is why some of us have been saying:
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The problem is that the Creationists are going to start winning some these battles. Each win will convince them that they have a larger and larger grip on the republican party and they will be more and more aggressive in pushing their agenda.
That will scare off many voters who see Fundies gaining control of the country as a bad thing. Eventually breakthroughs in stem cell technology will start coming from Asia and people here will start wondering why we took a back seat to all of this.
Since the republican congress pretty much just pays lips service to fiscal conservatives anyway, many will just stay at home or even switch.
States like Florida and Georgia (9th biggest state and moving up) which have huge transplant populations will be lost to republicans.