Creationist Lobbyist Deceives Louisiana Senate Committee, Claims Creationism Law Is Actually Anti-Bullying, Pro-Evolution Legisl
Last month, while testifying against the repeal of the Louisiana Science Education Act, Joshua Youngkin, the program officer on law and policy at the creationist con-profit The Discovery Institute, told the Louisiana Senate Education Committee, somewhat stunningly, that the LSEA was actually about teaching “more evolution.” Since its founding in 1990, the Discovery Institute has spent tens of millions in tax-deductible donations paying people to promote and lobby for science denial legislation, and when it was enacted in 2008 by Governor Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana Science Education Act became the organization’s signature legislative accomplishment.