Just when you thought it was safe to evolve ...

Apparently the batshit crazy creationists aren't giving up the fight very easily. And now they're bringing in the B-list celebrity ammunition:

In the latest evolution battle, pop-culture figure Ben Stein will show his new documentary challenging mainstream science [ ] to Florida lawmakers Wednesday as they consider legislation that makes it easier for teachers to question Darwin's theory in science classes.

The legislation, like Stein's documentary called Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, has been bashed by critics as a front for advancing the agenda of biblical creationists who want to sneak religious teachings into the classrooms.

But Umatilla Republican Rep. Alan Hays says he's not touting Stein's documentary or his "academic freedom" bill to destroy evolution. He said the bill is simply drafted to allow teachers and students to discuss, without fear of punishment, "the full range" of problems and ideas surrounding Darwin's theory.

Neither Hays nor his co-sponsor, Brandon Republican Sen. Ronda Storms, could name any teachers in Florida who have been disciplined for being critical of evolution in the science classroom. Better known for his "Win Ben Stein's Money" game show, Stein made the documentary to document how evolution critics have supposedly run afoul of mainstream science in higher academics.

You remember Ronda Storms, right? Turns out she has an equally nutty counterpart in the House in Rep. Hays. And I could go so many directions with the Ben Stein thing, I don't even know where to start.

This is absolutely, patently absurd. In a state facing fiscal ruin, seeing the Legislature have to waste its time debating whether or not to teach actual science is ridiculous. If this kind of thing keeps up, next thing you know, Congress will be investigating steroid use in baseball!

What? Really?

Oh. Never mind.