Seriously, what the fuck is the matter with Kansas?

The Kansas state Board of Education voted today in favor of moving backwards intellectually.

I assume, of course, that all of the evolution questions on the federally-mandated No Child Left Behind test that the students have to pass to move up to the next grade will be removed? No? Ohh, I'm sorry, did I just expose your own backwards stupidity and hypocrisy? I do apologize, Kansas. Carry on with your reliving of the 1920s.

Kan. School Board OKs Evolution Approach

Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution...

...Critics of the new language charged that it was an attempt to inject God and creationism into public schools in violation of the separation of church and state.

"This is a sad day. We're becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that," said board member Janet Waugh...