Santorum Tacking to the Left

The day after Judge Jones' decision in the Pennsylvania "Intelligent Design" case (Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover School Board), Sen. Rick Santorum (than whom there is nobody more to the taste of Christian conservatives) told the Philadelphia Enquirer that "he was troubled by testimony indicating that religion motivated some school board members to adopt the policy." Wha? (Account in today's WashPost.)

Santorum was on the advisory board of the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, which encouraged the Dover School Board to pass their rule in favor of "Intelligent Design" and then go to court to defend it. "I thought the Thomas More Law Center made a huge mistake in taking this case and in pushing this case to the extent they did," Santorum said. He said he will end his affiliation with the center.

Incidentally, Santorum is fighting for his political life in next year's Senate race, and he's way down in the polls. Does he think that going all gay about evolution is going to help him?

ADDENDUM: We're reminded (on the subject of Santorum's outrageous pandering to gay evolutionists) that the good Senator was not only a big proponent of teaching intelligent design, but his editorial on the subject was also featured prominently in the special newsletter the Dover Area school board sent out to the district after it added the intelligent design statement to the curriculum.