[PROCON]

I'm surprised the atheist group didn't want the day called "The Prophet Charles Darwin Day".

Every group wants to show how important they think they are.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

In view of the number of brain-dead hacks and idiots that make up the Delaware legislature, perhaps they can celebrate it by giving out Darwin Awards to deserving politicians too.

[Honorary Serb]

If there is a Charles Darwin Day, why not a Louis Pasteur Day? An Albert Einstein Day? A Nikola Tesla Day? A Watson and Crick Day?

The whole thing soon spirals out of any semblance of sanity or reality!!

[Responsibility2nd]

Will they have a “Hold muh beer and watch this...” festival?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Gee, anyone else born on February 12, 1809, that you can think of?

[GodAndCountryFirst]

Odd that they should still think Darwin is important, given that the THEORY of evolution has been thoroughly discredited in the past 20 years.

[El Cid]

About 60 percent of U.S. adults say "humans and other living things have evolved over time," according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey.

What in the heck does that mean?
Even the most die-hard "Young Earth" Creationist believes humans and other living things have evolved (or de-evolved) over time. People 'evolve' over their own lifetimes.

Had they defined "evolved over time" as meaning 'goo to you' - their 60 percent would have been much lower. At least in the U.S.

[TexasCajun]

Is that the Governor relaxing poolside?

[TexasCajun]

Here's another disciple of Darwin:

[PGR88]

"At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races will most certainly exterminate, and replace, the savage races throughout the world. At the same time, the anthropomorphous apes...will no doubt be exterminated. The break between man and his nearest allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as now between the negro or Australian and the gorilla."

- Charles Darwin in 'The Descent of Man'

[RepRivFarm]

Mrs. RepRivFarm opines:

I, for one, think this is a brilliant move on the part of Gov. Markell and predict that it will produce a huge increase in sales tax revenue for his state – perhaps even the nation. In fact, I predict that within a few years, it will evolve into a two-day holiday with costumed children going door-to-door begging for treats on Feb. 11th, Darwineve. They’ll come scampering home to a tasty bowl of hot, primordial soup to take the February chill out of their bones, then play a rousing, family game of Pin the Tail on the Human. Ape, monolith, caveman, and Darwin costumes will be flying off the racks. Netflix downloads of “Planet of the Apes” and “2001, A Space Idiocy” will crash the system, forcing celebrants to purchase copies for themselves. There will be a huge run on bananas, pecans, and banana nut bread. With extra nuts.

Churches will hold alternative celebrations, calling them Adam-n-Eve-Eve parties. Of course, this being a winter festival, there won’t be many sales of fig leaf costumes, but there should be quite run on animal costumes. Children will bob for apples, but only win a prize if they can secure their apple without taking a bite out of it.

What a happy ending! The retailers are happy, the children are happy, the parents are happy… Happy Darwin Day, everybody!