Antiscience resolution adopted in Alabama. https://t.co/QOJX3587e6 pic.twitter.com/QpsayAhqMn

— NCSE (@NCSE) May 3, 2017

“…The Alabama Senate voted to adopt House Joint Resolution 78 (PDF) on a voice vote on May 2, 2017, joining the Alabama House of Representatives, which voted to adopt the resolution in April 2017.

The resolution ostensibly urges state and local education authorities to promote the academic freedom of science teachers in the state’s public schools. “Biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning” are specifically identified as controversial.”