Last month marked a milestone in the annals of science when a group of biologists, in protest over Louisiana’s new anti-evolution law, removed New Orleans from their list of potential venues for their 2011 convention.

Not only is the state already losing money while once again becoming the laughingstock of the nation, we actually forced a group of nerds into not throwing a party in the U.S. city that offers their best chance of getting laid.

And who is to thank for all of this? Christians.

Not the good Christians, the ones who embrace caring for the poor and acknowledging that all human beings are worthy of God’s love. It’s the bad Christians, the pseudo-religious windbags who are recruiting with increasing ease American politicians into their minions, toiling to drive this country back to the ninth century.

If you didn’t catch it last month, download a podcast of PBS’ “Judgment Day” episode of NOVA to see how really, really idiotic intelligent design (ID) really is.

PBS re-aired its Peabody award-winning documentary to coincide with the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin — and just in time to see how Louisiana’s thinly veiled attempt at creationism will go down in a glorious fireball. And just like the Legislature failed at creationism in the ’80s, the inevitable lawsuit this time will be at your expense, Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer!

In “Judgment Day,” NOVA tracks the lawsuit that erupted a few years ago after eight kooky members of the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania, (all of whom just happened to call themselves Christian) tried to shoehorn ID into public classrooms by requiring high school science teachers to read a statement questioning evolution.

This show is worth watching, if nothing else, for the point-by-point annihilation of ID. By the end of the show, these guys have fewer limbs than the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

The real eye-opener, however, is the way in which the Dover plaintiffs actually won the suit. It never actually got to the science, because the plaintiffs – namely, the ACLU – were able to directly link proponents of ID to the exact same creationism nuts behind Louisiana’s 1987 law that was shot down by the U.S. Supreme Court. And the best part is that the judge in the Dover case is a staunch Republican appointed by George W. Bush.

(By the way, here’s a hint for all you hard-core creationism people: When you lose in Louisiana, don’t threaten the judge. It might get you thrown in jail.)

After you watch “Judgment Day,” be sure to forward the link to all the Deliverance extras who keep trying to defend creationism/intelligent design on The Advocate’s letters page.

Oh, and keep in mind there were a grand total of three members of the Legislature who voted against the Louisiana Education Act last year: Arthur Morrell and Karen Carter Peterson, of New Orleans, and Patricia Smith, of Baton Rouge.

That’ll come in handy when your local legislator knocks on your door at election time.