State Sen. Mike Fair Blocks Evolution From South Carolina Science Standards

The South Carolina Education Oversight Committee approved most of the state's new science standards on Monday but blocked a clause featuring the phrase "natural selection." According to Republican state Sen. Mike Fair, "To teach that natural selection is the answer to origins is wrong."

"I don't have a problem with teaching theories. I don't think it should be taught as fact," Fair said after Monday's review, according to the Post and Courier. "Natural selection is a direct reference to Darwinism. And the implication of Darwinism is that it is start to finish."

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