And Republicans placed him on the House Science Committee

For another entry in the "Republicans have Jumped the Shark" contest, consider the comments of House Science Committee member Paul Broun (R-GA), speaking at the Liberty Baptist Church Sportsman’s Banquet last month:

“All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and the Big Bang Theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell.  And it’s lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.”

Note that Paul Broun should not be confused with fellow House Science Committee member Todd Akin (R-MO), who questioned whether women who were the victims of "legitimate rape" could get pregnant.

Update: For six additional "Jump the Shark" members of the House Science Committee, see the Least scientific members of the House Science Committee.

Update #2: While Paul Broun ran unopposed in the 2012 election, the Augusta Chronicle reports that Charles Darwin

received more than 4,000 write-in votes in Athens-Clarke County in balloting for the 10th Congressional District seat retained Tuesday by five-year incumbent Republican Paul Broun.

That's an impressive result for Darwin, considering (1) he wasn't even on the ballot, and (2) he's been dead for 130 years.

Update #3:  Marco Rubio, Republican member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joins the party.

Update #4: Republicans will likely take the gavel of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology away from a science denier, and give it to another science denier.