An invitation-only (of course) private screening for Expelled in Florida, held expressly to influence state legislators to support a bogus "academic freedom" bill that's been introduced to counter the recent ruling that schools must teach evolution, tanked miserably, drawing only about 100 viewers. There's a report here. It seems no one (least of all lawmakers, thank goodness) is fooled by the movie's disingenuous message, or its amateurish attempts at stealth marketing.
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Sounds like it might end up being the "Heavens Gate" of ID films.
ReplyDeleteThey'll just blame it all on the atheist - I mean, dogmatic fundamentalist Darwinist - conspiracy.
ReplyDeleteSomeone posting at that blog made a point I was wondering about. I keep waiting for Stein to come out and admit it was all just an elaborate hoax ala Andy Kaufman.
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