Noted B-movie martial arts actor scholar Chuck Norris opines in today's WorldNetDaily Townhall that "America's Founding Creationists" would have espoused the teaching of creationism in public schools instead of evolution.

Norris begins his article by praising Louisiana's recently-passed "Academic Freedom From Learning" act because "teachers could supplement evolutionary teachings with materials on Creationism or Intelligent Design." Apparently he didn't get the Discovery Institute's memo - ixnay on the eationismcray and ID-ay.

For that matter, the Founding Fathers didn't support using cars or plastics or cel phones or the internet, either. Norris uses the traditional anti-evolutionist assumption that evolution=atheism, and argues that since our forefathers were familiar with arguments against atheism they would now oppose teaching evolution. Norris fails to show that the Founding Fathers would have hardheadedly closed their minds to the massive amounts of evidence supporting evolution that has been uncovered since the Founding Fathers walked this earth.

To suggest that Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington would have us ignore scientific progress is ludicrous. Perhaps Norris should stick to advising stunt doubles instead of advocating against REAL science.