This is a supplementary Table of Contents for evolution controversies (legislative, bureaucratic, and judicial), state-by-state, and foreign, in 2016. For each topic listed below, articles are in chronological order, newest at the top. This is a sub-page of The Controversy, which has links to articles about such controversies of a general nature and about a few specific court cases.
For our articles from other years about such controversies, see Controversy 2008, and Controversy 2009, Controversy 2010, and Controversy 2011, and Controversy 2012, and Controversy 2013, and Controversy 2014, and Controversy 2015, and Controversy 2017, and Controversy 2018, and Controversy 2019, and Controversy 2020. For other lists of articles, see the Site Map and Navigation Guide.
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Anti-Science Activity: Florida [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Idaho [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Ireland [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Kansas [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Louisiana [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Mississippi [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Oklahoma [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: South Dakota [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Tennessee [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Texas [2016]
Anti-Science Activity: Florida [2016]
Florida and Louisiana Creationism News
Florida Creationism: New Bills for 2016
Anti-Science Activity: Idaho [2016]
Is There Science Education in Idaho?
Idaho’s 2016 Creationism Bill — Strange News
Idaho Creationism: New Bill for 2016
Anti-Science Activity: Ireland [2016]
Update on Ireland’s Blasphemy Law
Anti-Science Activity: Kansas [2016]
Oh No — Kathy Martin Was Defeated!
Kathy Martin of Kansas — She’s Back!
Anti-Science Activity: Louisiana [2016]
Next year (separate page)
Louisiana’s Science Standards Review Panel
Letter: Louisiana Should Teach Intelligent Design
Letter from Barbara Forrest
Louisiana Creationism: A Professor’s Opinion
Another Science Circus in Louisiana?
Creationism Triumphs in Louisiana Legislature
Florida and Louisiana Creationism News
Anti-Science Activity: Mississippi [2016]
Mississippi’s 2016 Creationism Bill — Dead
Mississippi Creationism Bill Doomed by Its Author
Mississippi Creationism: New Bill for 2016
Anti-Science Activity: Oklahoma [2016]
Next year (separate page)
Other Election News: Texas & Oklahoma
Oklahoma Newspaper Wants Theocracy
Oklahoma Theocracy — Coming Soon?
Oklahoma May Become a Theocracy
One Oklahoma 2016 Creationism Bill — Dead
Two Oklahoma Creationism Bills for 2016
Last year (separate page)
Anti-Science Activity: South Dakota [2016]
Next year (separate page)
Is South Dakota’s Creationism Bill Dead?
South Dakota Creationism: New Bill for 2016
Last year (separate page)
Anti-Science Activity: Tennessee [2016]
Tennessee Bible Bill Veto Override Vote Today
Tennessee Bible Bill Battle Boils
Big Bible Bill Battle in Tennessee
Ambiguous Tennessee Education Bill
Anti-Science Activity: Texas [2016]
Next year (separate page)
Other Election News: Texas & Oklahoma
Creationism Battle in Texas Is Heating Up
Texas Turmoil About Science Standards
Mary Lou — The Election Countdown Ends Here
Mary Lou Countdown — 5 Days To Go
Mary Lou Countdown — 9 Days To Go
Mary Lou’s Republican Opponent
Mary Lou Countdown — 16 Days To Go
More Goodies From Mary Lou Bruner
Mary Lou Bruner Opposes the Experts
More Mirthful Moments with Mary Lou
Don McLeroy Endorses Mary Lou Bruner
Texas SBOE Runoff — Creationism Returns?
Texas Board of Education Creationist Candidate
Last year (separate page)
The Sensuous Curmudgeon 