by Maisie Allison
Matthew Boudway explains why Rick Perry's denialisms should worry Christians:
To those who ask, “Who cares what Perry thinks about Intelligent Design — who cares what any politician thinks about it?” the obvious answer is: What matters is that Perry show some sign of having thought about claims he pretends to take so seriously. A candidate who appears thoughtlessly sure that most scientists are wrong about evolution is unlikely to be sufficiently thoughtful about other things a president needs to think about (for example, the science of climate change, which Perry has dismissed with an infantile conspiracy theory). A habit of thoughtlessness is not so easy to segregate.
The Dish 