A long road to travel yet in this country:

Atheists applaud Rep. Holt for Darwin Day resolution, fight to protect evolution in public schools

The Secular Coalition for America joins the American Humanist Association in commending Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) for his introduction of a resolution to recognize February 12 as Darwin Day, and encouraging additional representatives to sponsor the resolution.

The resolution would recognize the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth as an annual worldwide celebration of science and humanity. Darwin proposed the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection and detailed the scientific theory in his book “On the Origin of Species.”

Rep. Holt worked with the American Humanist Association to introduce the resolution. The American Humanist Association is one of the Secular Coalition’s 11 member organizations.

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For reference: Welcome to the International Darwin Day Foundation website