Just in case you thought for a moment that America was getting over its stupidity, proof to the contrary emerges. No, I’m not taking about the million moron march on Washington the other day. And I’m not talking about Kanye West fucking up Taylor Swift’s moment of glory at the Video Awards (or whatever the hell they call it; I’m not actually familiar with them – or with West and Swift, though I recognize the names), or even the big to-do over Serena Williams saying she’d like to shove a tennis ball down a linesman’s throat (anybody ever recall Jimmy Connors or John McEnroe losing a tennis match over, shall we say, ‘less than sportsmanlike’ language on the court?). No, I’m talking about the fact that, unless you’re planning on traveling out of the country, you probably won’t be seeing the new film “Creation,” because producers are unable to find a US distributor. The reason? The movie is about Charles Darwin, and a movie involving the Theory of Evolution is too controversial here in the land of the Puritans.

…US distributors have resolutely passed on a film which will prove hugely divisive in a country where, according to a Gallup poll conducted in February, only 39 per cent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution.

Movieguide.org, an influential site which reviews films from a Christian perspective, described Darwin as the father of eugenics and denounced him as “a racist, a bigot and an 1800s naturalist whose legacy is mass murder”. His “half-baked theory” directly influenced Adolf Hitler and led to “atrocities, crimes against humanity, cloning and genetic engineering”, the site stated.

The film has sparked fierce debate on US Christian websites, with a typical comment dismissing evolution as “a silly theory with a serious lack of evidence to support it despite over a century of trying”.

Makes you proud to be an American, doesn’t it?

Yep, when I think ‘Darwin,’ I think Hitler, eugenics, and mass murder. As opposed to when I think ‘Christian.’ Then, I only think of mass murder.

How anybody could possibly refuse to distribute a movie with Jennifer Connelly in it is beyond me (even if she does appear to spend the entire movie hidden behind Victorian Era clothes).

Lighten up, Christians! Hell, when I look at Jennifer Connelly, even I entertain the possibility that there really is a God. Just not the kind you have to wind up on Sunday.

Oh, by the way, as for that poor doggie (who apparently was given the name Starr) displaced by the fires out in California and on death row? After lots of mis (and missed) communication over the weekend, it appears she’s been saved, as I was forwarded this email today:

…I called the Devore shelter this morning to make arrangement to pick Starr up. I was told that a rescue had already pulled her. I am trying to find out which rescue she went to. Thank you so much for contacting me and if it turns out that the rescue needs a home for her I will contact you with their information.

So sometimes life doesn’t suck after all.