The NY Times fails to register the fact that most scientists, physicists, and biologists are conservative in their political affiliation. Conservative does not mean fundamentalist Christian. He has set up a strawman argument and then argues that the Republicans are trying to establish a theocracy by misrepresenting the views of one Congressman.
This article is unworthy of the title of journalism.
The source is the New York Times, right? So where does "journalism" enter the scene? Just wondering.