Science skeptics censor New Scientist

I've had to put this story on the backburner for a bit, because I've had so much fun this month crashing stupid right-wing rallies and taking the Peace Bike about town, but anyway...

I'm going to be perfectly frank about this: Creationism is nonsense.

I'm not against Christianity. I'm not against religion in general. But the creationist party line is utter insanity - no matter how much the Bush regime (which was never friendly to science) tried legitimizing it.

Recently, New Scientist magazine ran an article called "How To Spot A Hidden Religious Agenda" by the magazine's book editor Amanda Gefter. It focused largely on code words used by creationists to push their anti-people schema.

But then a creationist complained. So the article was removed from the website.

One person complained, so the article is bye-bye. New Scientist didn't even have the courage to defend the article from a single, solitary complaint.

If New Scientist was afraid of being attacked if they kept the article online, it's not like they'd be the only ones assailed. Today's creationist zealots attack everyone who doesn't toe their party line completely. And not just on the issue of creationism either: They're movement conservatives, so even if you disagree with them on taxes or the Iraq War, their response is always the same. They manage to shoehorn every major political issue into their dogma.

Creationist fanaticism is more virulent than I've indicated before. I've noticed one website in particular in my area has turned into a Freeper-like lovefest praising the laughable Creation Museum, which is run by the Answers in Genesis cult.

It's one thing if readers of the site considered the museum just a comedy act, but apparently they take it seriously.

You can laugh all you want at the Creation Museum. But I draw the line when the museum attempts to recruit children into its cult. And that they do. So the cult is actually pretty dangerous.

Last thing America needs is another generation of "values voters" to bring scientific progress to a standstill.

(Source: http://www.examiner.com/x-4112-Skepticism-Examiner~y2009m3d14-New-Scientist-pulls-story-on-creationist-code)