It was a meaningless convention which would never ever be talked about unless the media thought it could provoke a reaction. They're probably not even real scinetists, like those intelligent design pillocks. Controversial things get said anywhere and everywhere all the time by morons, the only difference here is that the current climate means stupid ass articles like this will get the attention of other morons who take the bait and read them, which is, of course, the goal of all media outlets to grab attention by any means.