Sarah Palin is the Vice Presidential nominee for the Republican Party. In 2006 when Palin was running for governor of Alaska and was asked at a political debate if she thought teaching creationism in public schools was good for students, she gave the following response:

Critics say that McCain's position on teaching intelligent design in schools is not easy to decipher, and they are definitely right!  

In an interview with the York Daily Record in March 2008, Barack Obama addressed the topic of science and religion, saying: