“It says that in Massachusetts, they are willing to elect a guy who doesn’t believe in evolution just to keep the Democrats from having 60 votes.”

So says former Senator Bob Kerry (Nebraska) in this article in the New York Times.

His comment follows a statement by Senate candidate Coakley, "You can have religious freedom, but you probably shouldn't work in an emergency room." She was referring to a law that would mandate that any emergency room worker would have to distribute contraception, even those contraceptives that induce abortions, even if the conscience or religious beliefs of the worker did not permit them to participate in abortion (or contraception).

If I understand Ms. Coakley, she thinks that Christians should not work in an emergency room.

If I understand Mr. Kerry, believing in evolution is required for any candidate seeking to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.

Mr. Kerry's comment is troubling to me as a Christian. One of the things that belief in evolution could imply is a corresponding unbelief in God. After all, if evolution exists, then God isn't really necessary. God might exist, but his role as Creator would be in serious doubt.

Permit me to reformulate his remarks. Mr. Kerry might be saying that “...in Massachusetts, they are willing to elect a guy who doesn’t believe in evolution believes in God just to keep the Democrats from having 60 votes.”

I would like to know more of Mr. Kerry's and Ms. Coakley's views of religious freedom. And, since I don't believe in evolution, I would also like to know what other jobs, besides ER worker and Senator, for which they think me to be unfit.