“Barack Obama on Science and Charles Darwin”
Watch a video uploaded on Feb. 13, 2009, about President Barack Obama’s views on evolution. He believes in evolution and has praised the work of Charles Darwin.
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“Bachmann: Schools should teach intelligent design”
Read a June 17, 2011, article from CNN about former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s views on evolution. Bachmann is skeptical about evolution. She favors teaching public school students about competing theories, including intelligent design, “and then letting students decide.”
“Rick Perry: Evolution is ‘theory’ with ‘gaps'”
Read an Aug. 18, 2011, article from USA Today about former GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s views on evolution. Perry has said he firmly believes in intelligent design, while evolution is merely a theory — and one with “some gaps in it.”
“Jon Huntsman Comes Out Swinging”
Read an Aug. 20, 2011, article from ABC News about former GOP candidate Jon Huntsman’s response to Gov. Rick Perry’s comments on evolution. Huntsman chastised Texas Gov. Rick Perry for his evolution comments, saying such a stance puts the Republican Party in danger of being “anti-science.”
“Jon Huntsman believes in evolution and global warming, so can he win a Republican primary?”
Read an Aug. 18, 2011, article from The Washington Post about former GOP candidate Jon Huntsman’s views on evolution. Of the former GOP candidates, only Huntsman accepts evolution.
“Rick Santorum Urges Teaching of Creationism in Public Schools”
Read a Nov. 30, 2011, article from the Huffington Post about former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s views on evolution. Santorum argued for the teaching of creationism in public schools; instead, he says, “the left” and “the scientific community” aren’t allowing that because they don’t want classroom discussions about God.
“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.”
“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.
“Election 2012 Shows A Social Sea Change On Gay Marriage”
Read a Nov. 8. 2012, article from Religion News Service, posted by the Huffington Post, about gay marriage in the 2012 elections. Voters in Maine, Maryland, and Washington state voted in favor of measures legalizing gay marriage. The 2012 election brought the total number of states what allow same-sex marriage to nine.