{"id":449,"date":"2013-02-12T14:54:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/?p=449"},"modified":"2013-02-12T14:54:09","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:54:09","slug":"resolution-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/dangeroustalk\/2013\/02\/12\/resolution-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is kind of a big deal for science, skepticism, and atheism. It\u2019s Darwin Day. Personally, I\u2019m not a fan of making people into saints in any serious fashion. I have no problem joking about the sainthood of Hitchens, but I would reject any serious call from atheists to do that. So I am pretty nuanced about how I think we should celebrate Darwin Day.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin Day can be\u00a0 an opportunity to educate people about the theory of evolution via natural selection and science in general. That is what <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/z?d113:HE00041:@@@P\" target=\"_blank\">House Resolution 41<\/a> is all about. Introduced this year by Rep. Rush Holt (D) from New Jersey, the resolution states:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cExpressing support for designation of February 12, 2013, as Darwin Day and recognizing the importance of science in the betterment of humanity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Out of 435 representatives in congress, only seven have co-sponsored this resolution. That\u2019s sad. I e-mailed my congressman\u2026 twice and even though he is considered to be a pretty progressive congressman, he still didn\u2019t cosponsor the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>While the resolution deals with acknowledging <strong>today<\/strong> as Darwin Day, it appears that the resolution is still held up in the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. You know, that\u2019s the committee that Rep. Paul Broun (R) of Georgia is a member of. He is the guy who said that he doesn\u2019t believe in evolution or the big bang. In fact, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/charles-darwin-for-congress\" target=\"_blank\">write-in campaign was waged against him on behalf of Charles Darwin<\/a>. So I wonder how he will vote on this resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the thing. Next time we have an atheist-friendly resolution or bill in the House, we need to really mobilize and contact our representatives. We need to annoy the hell out of them. We can\u2019t allow them to ignore us anymore. So <a href=\"http:\/\/action.americanhumanist.org\/p\/dia\/action\/public\/?action_KEY=12299\" target=\"_blank\">contact your representative today<\/a> and tell them that you are disappointed that they didn\u2019t co-sponsor this resolution and that you expect them to sponsor next year\u2019s resolution. 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It\u2019s Darwin Day. 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