Deny any motion of Congress to designate February 12, 2013 as Darwin Day.

Whereas a 2012 Gallup poll found that 46% of Americans express some form of opposition to the General Theory of Evolution, a declaration of a national Darwin Day would not be representative of nearly half the US population. This would be tantamount to the government taking a position in the controversial debate of creation versus evolution. Regardless of which view one holds to be correct, this is outside of the government’s role in U.S. society, where toleration of differing views has always been held to be a virtue. But when the government takes a stand on these issues which should be debated among the population, this can be needlessly divisive. We ask President Obama to recognize the differing views among the population deny any motion to declare February 12, 2013 as Darwin Day.