Burch: A not-so-super majority  Thursday, November 29, 2012 at
9:05pm By Michael R. Burch  According to Tennessee
conservatives, the silver lining in the very dark cloud of the
recent national elections has been the creation of a
“supermajority” of Republicans at the state level. So now, they
would have us believe, conservatives will be able to guide the
ship of state away from the dangerous reefs and shoals of
liberalism. But what if the ship is being steered away from
modernity, basic science and common sense, by a confederacy of
dunces? Here are some of the more moronic things many members of
the “supermajority” seem to accept as gospel truths:  Like
evolution, global warming is “untrue.” Never mind that polar ice
caps and glaciers are melting and sea levels are rising. God is
in control and frets constantly about human sexual
relationships, so the best way to avoid floods and other natural
disasters is to keep gays from marrying.  Non-heterosexuals
should be denied the right to marry and should not be pro