Oh, America, what happened to you?

[almostwitty]

BBC Films co-produces a film about the life of Charles Darwin. Starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connolly, it looks at how Darwin’s theory on the Origin of Species impacts on his personal life, and his relationship with his religious wife.

So, a scientist battling between religion and evolution. What’s so bad about that?

Well, the film can’t be released in the United States because it can’t find a distributor. Even though it’s found one everywhere else.

I’m fairly sure there’s a Biblical quote somewhere about looking at other viewpoints and having an open mind…

Mirrored from almost witty.

Comments

[travelsintown.livejournal.com]

Gosh. I find this really really hard to comprehend. Call me naive (OK, you already know how ditzy I am!) but I really didn't know that America was *that* religious.

[kiri-l.livejournal.com]

It isn't. look at their sources.

[almostwitty]

Some are, some aren't.

The great/terrible thing about America is that they don't half SHOUT about everything. We Brits just get on with it ;)

[twisted-times.livejournal.com]

America isn't that religious per se, it's just that the Religious Right Reich are a very powerly, very rediculously well-funded lobbying block that can exert a vast amount of influence when they want to, because God is on their side and they can do whatever the fuck they like. ><