UKIP councillor David Silvester recently caused controversy when he said the recent serious floods in the UK were the direct result of the legalisation of gay marriage, resulting in his suspension from the party. It is easy to assume that his comments are the result or prejudice, bigotry, idiocy, blind hatred, suppressed yearnings or a failure to understand weather, logic or the fact that we live in a universe where the laws of physics aren’t something you can make up to suit your views. However, it’s important to remember that, however outrageous the claim or however much fun it is to mock them, to be a true scientist it should be assessed rationally and objectively.
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