Two candidates for governor support creationism in schools

HELENA (AP) - Two of the six major-party candidates for governor support teaching creationism in public schools.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Tom Keating and Ken Miller say schools should teach the belief that the Earth and life on Earth were created in a short period of time as described in the book of Genesis.

Democrats Brian Schweitzer and John Vincent, and Republicans Bob Brown and Pat Davison, believe the alternative to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution has no place in public schools.

In Darby recently, the school board gave preliminary authorization for what's called an ''objec...