“Discover Interview: Newt Gingrich”
Read a 2006 interview in which former House speaker Newt Gingrich said that “evolution should be taught as science, and intelligent design should be taught as philosophy.”
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“Gingrich Showered With Confetti, Faith Questions”
Read a May 17, 2011, article published by CBS Minnesota about then-GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s views on evolution. Gingrich said in May 2011 that he sees no conflict between faith and science with regard to life’s origins.
“Poll finds evangelicals stand apart on evolution, climate change”
A September 2011 survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, in partnership with Religion News Service, showed that a majority of Americans (57 percent) believe in evolution. But white evangelicals and Tea Party members — a core constituency for the GOP — are significantly less likely to believe in evolution.
“Poll: Pastors Oppose Evolution, Split on Earth’s Age”
A January 2012 survey of Protestant pastors, conducted by LifeWay Research, shows that by a wide margin most of them believe that God did not use evolution to create humans and think Adam and Eve were literal people. It also found that ministers are almost evenly split on whether the Earth is thousands of years old.
“Anti-Evolution Bills Begin To Be Introduced In 2012 State Legislatures”
Read a Jan. 23, 2012, post at the Religion Clause blog that counts six separate bills pending in state legislatures that promote teaching creationism or intelligent design in schools.
“On the eve of Darwin’s birthday, states take steps to limit evolution”
Read a Jan. 31, 2012, Religion News Service story about the efforts of state governments to remove evolution from school curriculum.
The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent
The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work.
Lee M. Williams
Lee M. Williams is professor of marital and family therapy in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego. He is the author of several articles on interchurch couples, including “Premarital Counseling With Interchurch Couples: Clinical Implications From Recent Research,” published in 2002 in the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.
Pamela Jordan
Pamela Jordan is an associate professor of family and child nursing at the University of Washington and developer of the Becoming Parents Program. Her research focuses on the transition to parenthood and supporting individuals and couples as they become parents.