Editor,
I'm writing in response to a couple items from Sara Grover's letter in Wednesday's paper. First, I'd like to address the part about mandatory teaching of creationism in schools. I am a Christian. However, that doesn't affect my viewpoint on teaching creationism in schools. I believe creationism on a mainstream level is just as much a theory as evolution, and it should be valued as such. They should both be taught as theory, neither as fact. In science, for something to be considered absolute fact, it must be able to be replicated. It used to be both creationism and evolution were taught in public schools, then just evolution as a theory, and now, it's taught as fact. I am for teaching both.
Second, whether John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate was to pick up disgruntled Clinton voters or not, I feel it has been a great choice. I do not find her attractive. Rather, after listening to her speech at the Republican National Convention, I feel she is a down-to-earth American. She knows her values and isn't willing to compromise them. I know my father, who was extremely upset by the choice of McCain as the Republican nominee, is ecstatic about Palin. He also does not find her attractive. In fact, most of the women I have talked to are switching votes from Barack Obama to McCain because either they find Obama to be too inexperienced or they like Palin's viewpoint - not any of the reasons Grover listed.
James Burkhard
UNM student
