Creationists Lose at the Ballot Box

The New York Times is reporting that:

Kansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.

This is great news. But it’s sad that science is considered to be a subject where voter opinions have any relevance at all. Until we stop making science education into a popularity contest, it’s only a matter of time before it gets hijacked again.