January / February 2008 ARCHIVES:
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
A look back at the controversy in 2007
2007's first big story opened on Darwin's Birthday, February 11, with the release of the feature film documentary Flock of Dodos....
source: Evolution Minute archives
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008
A creationist candidate wins the first U.S. presidential primary
Running on a platform of faith, family and freedom, the evangelical preacher turned presidential candidate confronts secular voters with the question, "is the US ready for a president who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old?"
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Republicans endorse evolution
In stark contrast to Iowa Republican caucus winner Mike Huckabee, prominent republican Rudy Giuliani and independent Michael Bloomberg have publicly strongly affirmed their belief in evolutionary theory.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
An Intelligent Design documentary offers rebates on movie tickets
Producers of a pro-Intelligent Design movie starring Ben Stein are raising money for schools by making donations in exchange for ticket stubs.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Florida counties reject evolution
In a surprise move against the state Department of Education, 8 small counties in northern Florida have passed anti-evolution resolutions.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
An anti-evolution film is secretly screened in Florida
Like Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, Ben Stein's Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is being privately previewed by the religious right before its general opening in April.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
It's Darwin's Birthday and a Creationist Candidate declares he will fight on for his party's nomination
Last weekend, as Evolution Sunday celebrated Darwin's birthday and the compatibility of evolution and Christianity, Presdiential Candidate Mike Huckabee avowed he will not give up his fight to become the first Creationist President.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The Florida State Board of Education finally approves evolution - but only "in theory"
In a precedent-setting decision, Florida education officials voted to add evolution to required course work in public schools, but only after a last-minute change depicting Charles Darwin's seminal work as merely a theory.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
A popular creationist links Darwin to racism
Ken Ham and co-author Dr. Charles Ware reveal a compelling history of the effect of an evolution-based belief system on the history of the United States, touching on abortion, slavery, and the civil rights movement.
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