Daddy Evolution

This one's kind of an oldie:

Is Charles Darwin Ready for his own Holiday?
This article was featured by BioLogos!

Blurb: Charles Darwin turns 201 this Friday, February 12, 2010, and schools and churches across the Bay State are gearing up to celebrate. Salem State College and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Falmouth, MA, devote entire weeks to evolution’s daddy. If the International Darwin Day Foundation has its way, the 12th of February could even become an official holiday.

Not everyone, though, is ready to party. Some local scientists aren’t convinced there’s a need for such a holiday and don’t think it will happen. Karl Giberson (pictured here), a professor of physics and engineering at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, and author of the best-selling book “Saving Darwin,” doesn’t see the point.

Note: The article should say that 483 church leaders from Massachusetts have signed the Clergy Letter, not 43. Also, the Unitarian Universalist Church in Falmouth is in fact tied to the Clergy Letter Project and has proudly signed the letter.