[CobaltBlue]

>>It seems to me, however, that in many of the evolution/creationism threads, acceptance of evolution seems to be associated with liberal politics, and creationism with conservative politics, which doesn't make sense to me.<<

I associate creationism with some fundamentalist Protestant Christian sects -- I am not aware of any other creationists but I may be wrong here.

My husband is a fundamentalist Lutheran but Lutherans believe in evolution, or at least he does.

I'm Catholic, and Catholics believe in evolution.

[longshadow]

I am not aware of any other creationists but I may be wrong here.

Interestingly enough, some of the virulent fundamentalist elements of Islam share this belief in Creationism. The Taliban, in particular, was one such group.