BROWNBACK BACKPEDDLES, FALLS DOWN

In a lame attempt to explain why he does not believe in evolution, Brownback dirtied the op-ed space of the NY Times with this piece of tripe: "What I think about Evolution." In it he states that faith and reason are not incompatible but does not offer us an explanation of the two incompatible creation stories in Genesis. At the end, Brownback comes down firmly on the side of the fundie barbarians:

While no stone should be left unturned in seeking to discover the nature of man’s origins, we can say with conviction that we know with certainty at least part of the outcome. Man was not an accident and reflects an image and likeness unique in the created order. Those aspects of evolutionary theory compatible with this truth are a welcome addition to human knowledge. Aspects of these theories that undermine this truth, however, should be firmly rejected as an atheistic theology posing as science.

PZMeyers has a more complete dissection of Brownback's op-ed.