Raymond Finney

Tennessee state senator Raymond Finney, pictured right, has filed a bizarre resolution asking the commissioner of education to answer by January 15 whether there is a god or not. Actually, it's three questions:

1. "Is the Universe and all that is within it, including human beings, created through purposeful, intelligent design by a Supreme Being, that is a Creator?"
2. "Since the Universe, including human beings, is created by a Supreme Being (a Creator), why is creationism not taught in Tennessee public schools?" (Assuming that the answer to #1 was "Yes")
3. "Since it cannot be determined whether the Universe, including human beings, is created by a Supreme Being (a Creator), why is creationism not taught as an alternative concept, explanation, or theory, along with the theory of evolution in Tennessee public schools?" (Assuming that the answer to #1 was "I dunno")

Ray probably didn't get the memo, but teaching creationism in public schools was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court a long time ago. See Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987).