Pruitt tapes revealed: Evolution’s a ‘theory,’ ‘majority’ religions under attack

The following article by Emily Holden and Alex Guillen was posted on Politico website March 2, 2018:

Radio archives from Oklahoma also show him warning of ‘judicial monarchy’ and advocating constitutional amendments to ban abortion and gay marriage.

Scott Pruitt described the Second Amendment as divinely granted, and condemned federal judges as a “judicial monarchy.” Credit: Pete Marovich/Getty Images

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed evolution as an unproven theory, lamented that “minority religions” were pushing Christianity out of “the public square” and advocated amending the Constitution to ban abortion, prohibit same-sex marriage and protect the Pledge of Allegiance and the Ten Commandments, according to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma talk radio shows from 2005.

Pruitt, who at the time was a state senator, also described the Second Amendment as divinely granted and condemned federal judges as a “judicial monarchy” that is “the most grievous threat that we have today.” And he did not object when the program’s host described Islam as “not so much a religion as it is a terrorist organization in many instances.” Continue reading “Pruitt tapes revealed: Evolution’s a ‘theory,’ ‘majority’ religions under attack”