It's been a full moon all year, or at least it seems that way.

Creationists didn't fare too well. First, they picked the worst possible spokesperson. A Florida official is opposing state science standards on grounds they refuse to teach "alternate theories," by which I assume he means the Flying Spaghetti Monster...

Another creationist claims he was fired for his creationist beliefs and deserves compensation, even though he went to his boss beforehand to claim those same beliefs would prevent him from completing the job for which he had been hired. It's a bit like going to work for Nasa and insisting they accommodate flat-earth beliefs.

Creationists were possibly the least absurd, though. Summons issued to the Hindu deities Hanuman and Ram went unanswered, because the addresses were "incomplete," so thwe deities have now been ordered by a judge to make personal appearances in court.

A congregation who wished to replace their hideous church building with a nicer one found themselves unable, because their monstrosity is now a historic monstrosity. Don't like it, too bad- yiou'll be seeing it for a long, long time.

Who'd have guessed snake-handling as a religious practice makes foster agencies unhappy? All the same, it seems they ought to be allowed to worship as they please.