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Senate committee votes to create day for Charles Darwin

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 15, 2016//

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Senate committee votes to create day for Charles Darwin

Senate committee votes to create day for Charles Darwin

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//February 15, 2016//

Charles Darwin Three decades after lawmakers pushed teaching creationism in public schools, state senators are debating whether the father of the theory of evolution deserves to...

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